John Wooden Quotes
How you run the race - your planning, preparation, practice, and performance - counts for everything. Winning or losing is a by-product, and aftereffect, of that effort.
Do those things necessary to bring forth your personal best and don't lose sleep worrying about the competition.
When you give total effort - everything you have - the score can never make you a loser. And when you do less, it can't somehow magically turn you into a winner.
The score will take care of itself when you take care of the effort that precedes the score.
I'd rather have a lot of talent and little experience than a lot of experience and little talent.
I do not judge success based on championships; rather, I judge it on how close we came to realizing our potential.
Define success for those under your leadership as total commitment and effort to the team's welfare. Then show it yourself with your own effort and performance. Most of those you lead will do the same. Those who don't should be encouraged to look for a new team.
Work without joy is drudgery. Drudgery does not produce champions, nor does it produce great organizations.
A strong leader accepts blame and gives the credit. A weak leader gives blame and accepts the credit.
When you punish your people for making a mistake or falling short of a goal, you create an environment of extreme caution, even fearfulness. In sports it's similar to playing "not to lose" - a formula that often brings on defeat.
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