John Wooden Quotes

Never mistake activity for achievement.

• achievement
• time management

If you get yourself too engrossed in things over which you have no control, it will adversely affect the things over which you do have control.

• focus

No one overachieves. We're all underachievers to one degree or another.

• achievement

One of the greatest motivating things that a coach has is the bench. They all love to play, all of them. You sit them on the bench, and they come around pretty good.

• coaching
• motivation

One of the greatest motivating factors is the pat on the back, although with some individuals, you have to make the pat a little lower or a little harder.

• motivation

The general feeling is, if you don't treat everyone the same you're showing partiality. To me, that's when you show the most partiality, when you treat everyone the same. You must give each individual the treatment that you feel he earns and deserves, recognizing at all times that you're imperfect and you're going to be incorrect oftentimes in your judgment.

• management
• coaching
• fairness

You have to work hard, and you have to enjoy what you're doing. If you don't enjoy it, no matter how hard you seem to work, you're not going to be working as hard as you can because you're not enjoying it.

• work
• enthusiasm

Consider the rights of others before your own feelings, and the feelings of others before your own rights.

• manners

Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to become the best of which you are capable.

• success