John Wooden quotes and sayings
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"Be quick, but don't hurry."
"A coach is someone who can give correction without causing resentment."
"Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are."
"Ability is a poor man's wealth."
"Adversity is the state in which man mostly easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then."
"If you're not making mistakes, then you're not doing anything. I'm positive that a doer makes mistakes."
"You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one."
"Be prepared and be honest."
"Consider the rights of others before your own feelings, and the feelings of others before your own rights."
"Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do."
"Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability."
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be."
"I'd rather have a lot of talent and a little experience than a lot of experience and a little talent."
"If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?"
"It isn't what you do, but how you do it."