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Search Wooden's Wisdom by Quote, Topic, or Coach: Choose a Quote or Pyramid Block: All QuotesA good memory is one that can remember the day's blessings and forget the day's troubles A good place to find a helping hand is at the end of your arm. A great deal of talent may be lost for the want of a little courage. A mistake is valuable if you do four things with it: recognize it, admit it, learn from it, forget it. A person can make mistakes but they are not a failure until they blame others. A person who trusts people will make fewer mistakes than a person who distrusts them. A philosopher is a person who meets all events, whether favorable or unfavorable, with calmness and composure A setback is a setup for a comeback. Ability is a poor mans wealth. Ability may get you to the top but it takes character to keep you there Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there. Adaptability Adversity is the state in which man most easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then. Alertness All change may not be progress, but all progress is the result of change. Although it may not be possible to determine what happens to you, you should control how you react and respond Ambition Bad times can make you bitter or better. Be as enthusiastic about the success of others as you are about your own. Be Clever Not Fancy . Be more concerned with - loving than being loved, giving than receiving, being a friend than having a friend. Be more concerned with what you can do for others than what others can do for you. You'll be surprised at the results.(Part Two) Be more concerned with what you can do for others than what others can do for you. You'll be surprised at the results.(Part One) Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation as your character is what you really are while your reputation is merely what others think you are. Be most interested in finding the best way, not in having your own way. Be quick but do not hurry. Be slow to criticize and quick to commend. Be True to Yourself Big things are accomplished only through the perfection of minor details. Competitive Greatness Condition Confidence Consider the rights of others before your own feelings, and the feelings of others before your own rights. Content makes poor men rich, discontent makes rich men poor. Cooperation Discipline Yourself and Others Wont Need To Do not get so concerned with making a living that you forget to make a life. Do not permit what you cannot do to interfere with what you can do. Don't count the days, make the day count. Don't let yesterday take up too much of today. Don't Mistake Activity for Achievement Don't permit fear of failure to prevent effort. We are all imperfect and will fail on occasions, but fear of failure is the greatest failure of all. Don't Whine, Don't Complain, Don't Make Excuses Dont let your means keep you from your dreams. Drink Deeply From Good Books Dwelling in the past prevents doing something in the present. Earn the right to be proud and confident. Enthusiasm Failure to prepare is preparing to fail. Fairness is giving all people the treatment they earn and deserve. It doesn't mean treating everyone alike. Faith Fight Forget the favors you have given--remember those received. Friendship Goals achieved with little effort are seldom worthwhile or lasting. God grant me the courage to change the things I can change, the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, and the wisdom to know the difference.(Part Two) Grant me the courage to change the things I can change, the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, and the wisdom to know the difference. (Part One) Gratitude is a duty which ought to be paid, but which none have a right to expect. Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; shallow minds discuss people. He who is really kind can never be unhappy; He who is really wise can never be confused; He who is really brave is never afraid. He who has a why to live can bear almost any how. Hear no ill of a friend, nor speak any of an enemy. Help Others Honesty Honors are very fleeting, just as fame is; cherish friendship more. Hustle makes up for many a mistake I am not what I want to be, not what I ought to be, and not what I am going to be but I am thankful I am not what I used to be. I will get ready and then, perhaps, my chance will come. If I am through learning, I am through. If we magnified blessings as much as we magnify disappointments, we would all be much happier. If we magnified our blessings as much as we magnify disappointments, we would all be much happier. If you always tell the truth, you will not have to remember what you said. If you are afraid of criticism, you will die doing nothing. (Part One) If you are afraid of criticism, you will die doing nothing. (Part Two) If you are going nowhere, you'll get there. If you do not have the time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over? If you keep too busy learning the tricks of the trade, you may never learn the trade. If you lose self-control everything will fail. If you sacrifice principle trying to please everyone, you end up pleasing no one. Industriousness: Careful Planning Industriousness: Hard Work Initiative Integrity Intentness It is amazing how much can be accomplished if no one is concerned who gets the credit. It is better to trust and occasionally be disappointed than to mistrust and be miserable all the time. It is one of the most beautiful compensations of this life that no man can sincerely help another without helping himself. It is the little details that make things work. It is what you learn after you know it all that counts. It takes a lot of little things to make one big thing. It's not what you think you are, but what you think. Keep a cheerful, optimistic disposition. Think positively rather than negatively. Sincere optimism builds confidence and courage. Keep courtesy and consideration of others foremost in your mind at home and away. Kindness in words creates confidence, Kindness in thinking creates profoundness, Kindness in giving creates love. Kindness is a language which the blind can see and the deaf can hear. Knowledge + preparation + attention to detail = skill Learn as if you were going to live forever, live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn to disagree without being disagreeable. Let me give so much time to the improvement of myself that I shall have no time to criticize others. Let us overcome the angry man with gentleness, the evil man with goodness, the miser with generosity, the liar with truth. Listen If You Want To Be Heard. Loyalty Loyalty like respect must be given before you get it. Make Each Day Your Masterpiece Make friendship a fine art. Make sure the team members know they're working with you, not for you Material things are not gifts but apologies for gifts. The only true gift is a portion of thyself. More often than we e'er suspect, the lives of others we affect. Most anyone can handle adversity, but to test a person's character, give them power. Much of what we see depends on what we are seeking. Never Lie, Never Cheat, Never Steal Never make excuses. Your friends don't need them and your foes won't believe them. Never try for a laugh at another's expense. Never try to be better than someone else; but always be learning from others. No human life is ever really finished as long as there is someone to remember it. Not all change is progress, but there is no progress without change. Nothing can give you greater joy than doing something for another. Nothing will work unless you do. Patience People are usually as happy as they make their mind up to be. Physical strength is measured by what one can carry, spiritual strength by what one can bear. Poise Prejudice may be being down on what we are not up on. Pride is a better motivator then fear. Real happiness begins where selfishness ends. Real happiness comes from the things that can not be taken away from you. Real wealth comes to the fellow who learns that he is paid best for the things he does for nothing. Reliability Resourcefulness Respect every opponent, but fear none. Revenge is the weak pleasure of a little and narrow mind. Self-Control Sincerity Skill Success is never final. Failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts. 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. Talent is God given, be humble; fame is man given, be thankful; conceit is self given, be careful. Your feedback is welcome! Team Spirit The ability to see the good in others and the bad in ourselves is perfect vision. The best thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother. The best way to improve the team is to improve our self. The Coach as a Leader - Part 1 (Art of Leadership) The Coach as a Leader - Part 2 (Pyramid & Leadership) The Coach as a Leader - Part 3 (Consistency) The Coach as a Leader - Part 4 (Alertness + Self-Control = Leadership Listening) The Coach as a Leader - Part 5 (Creating Initiative) The Coach As A Leader - Part 6 (Character Fuels Intentness) The Coach As A Leader - Part 7 (The Leader Has a Humble Spirit) The Coach as a Leader - Part 8 (Be A Mentor) The Coach as a Leader - Part 9 (The Leader has a sense of humor and a humble spirit and can laugh at her/himself.)himself.) The Coach as a Teacher - Part 1 (Teach by example - You haven't taught until they have learned.) The Coach as a Teacher - Part 2 (The coach - player (teacher - student) relationship) The Coach as a Teacher - Part 3 (When success turns your head, you face failure.) The Coach as a Teacher - Part 4 (How To Avoid Grievances) The Coach as a Teacher - Part 5 (Just Three Rules) The Coach as a Teacher - Part 6 (Rules vs. Suggestions: You cannot antagonize and influence at the same time.) The future may be when you wish you had done what you are not doing now.( Part Two) The future may be when you wish you had done what you are not doing now.(Part One) The future may be when you wish you had done what you are not doing now.(Part Three) The goal is to satisfy not everyone else's expectations, but your own. The great secret of life is to cultivate the ability to appreciate the things you have, not compare them. The greatest conquest of man is the conquering of himself The happiest moments in life come from making someone else happy. The harder you work, the more luck you will have. The important thing in life is not what belongs to us, but what we belong to. The Leader has faith in people. He believes in them, trusts them, and thus draws out the best in them.) The Leader is a servant. The Leader keeps his eyes on high goals. (Making the world a better place to live by helping others.) The main ingredient of stardom is the rest of the team The man who is not afraid of failure seldom has to face it. The more concerned we become over the things we can't control, the less we will do with the things we can control. The most important word in our language is love and the second most important word is balance. (Part One: Love) The most important word in our language is love and the second most important word is balance. (Part Two: Balance) The people who don't make mistakes are the people who don't do anything. The person who is afraid to risk failure seldom has to face success. The only real failure is the failure to act when action is required. The person who usually does what he pleases is seldom pleased with what he does. The possibility we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just. - Abraham Lincoln The Pyramid of Success The smallest good deed is better than the best intention. The strength of the pack is the wolf, and the strength of the wolf is the pack. The time to make friends is before you need them The true athlete should have character, not be a character. The uphill climb is slow, but the downhill road is fast. The worst thing about new books is they keep us from reading the old ones The worst thing you can do for those you love is to do the things they could and should do for themselves. There are no hopeless situations; there are only people who have grown hopeless about them There is a wonderful, mystical law of nature that the three things man craves the most in life - happiness, freedom, and peace - are always attained by giving them to someone else. There is no pillow as soft as a clear conscience. There is no substitute for hard work and careful planning. There is so much good in the worst of us, and so much bad in the best of us, there can hardly be room for any of us to talk about the rest of us. Things turn out best for those who make the best of the way things turn out. Those who have never suffered adversity, never experience the true meaning of success. Time spent getting even would be better spent trying to get ahead. Treat all people with dignity and respect Valid self-analysis means improvement. We can do more good by being good than any other way What is right is more important than who is right. When everyone thinks alike, no one thinks. When success turns your head, you face failure. Wisdom, like the wind, blows on unused, except for those who know the art of sailing. You are honored for giving, not for receiving. You can give without loving, but you cannot love without giving You can not antagonize and influence at the same time. You cannot live a perfect day without doing something for someone without a thought of repayment. You cannot truly be judged by what others say about you, but you can be judged by what you say about others You destroy an enemy when you make a friend of him. You discipline those under your supervision to correct, to help, to improve – not to punish. You handle things. You work with people. You have success within; it is up to you to bring it out You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you will be in torment if you do not trust enough. You meet the same people on the way up as you meet on the way down You must have discipline. You discipline those under your supervision to correct, to help, to improve - not to punish. You must listen to others if you want others to listen to you. You'll never know a thing that you didn't learn from someone else Young people need good models more than they need critics Young people need models, not critics. Choose a Topic: All TopicsAccountability Adapt Adversity Aggressiveness Alertness Ambition Attitude Balance Baseball Basketball Caring Challenge Character Coach Coachable Coaching Collaborate Collaboration Communication Competition Competitive Competitive Greatness Condition Confidence Conflict Cooperation Core Values Courage Criticism Culture Desire Detail Determination Develop Discipline Enthusiasm Ethics Example Failure Faith Family Fear Fear Of Failure Fearless Feedback Fight Focus Football Forgiveness Freedom Friendship Fun Giving Goals Gratitude Grit Growth Happiness Hard Hard Work Helping Hiring Honesty Humility Inclusive Industriousness Influence Initiative Integity Integrity Intentional Intentness Leadership Learn Love Loyalty Manage Maturity Media Mental Mental Toughness Mentor Mentoring Mholder Minded Morals Motivation Network Open Organization Passion Performance Perseverance Persistence Perspective Philosophy Planning Playing Time Poise Positive Preparation Process Purpose Pyramid Pyramid Of Success Recruiting Reliability Reliabity Resilience Respect Results Role Model Rugby Rules Self Control Self-control Selfishness Service Seven Point Creed Sincerity Skill Social Media Success Teach Team Team Chemistry Team Spirit Teammate Teamwork Time Time Management Toughness Trust Unity Unselfishness Values Win Winning Work Worry Wrestling Other Wooden's Wisdom Coaches: All CoachesBear Bryant Football (6 National Chmps.) Bill Belichick Football (6 Super Bowl Chmps.) Bill Walsh Football (3 Super Bowl Chmps.) Bud Wilkinson Football (3 National Chmps.) Casey Stengel Baseball (7 World Series Titles) Chuck Noll Football (4 Super Bowl Chmps.) Connie Mack Baseball (5 World Series Titles) Dan Gable Wrestling (15 National Chmps.) Dean Smith Basketball (2 National Chmps.) Denny Crum Basketball (2 National Chmps.) Don Shula Football (2 Super Bowl Chmps.) Eddie Robinson Football (9 National Chmps.) Geno Auriemma Basketball (11 National Chmps.) George Halas Football (6 NFL Titles) Gregg Popovich Basketball (5 NBA Titles) Jack Clark Rugby (28 National Chmps.) Jay Wright Basketball (2 National Chmps.) Joe Gibbs Football (3 Super Bowl Chmps.) Joe Torre Baseball (4 World Series Titles) Mike Krzyzewski Basketball (5 National Chmps.) Morgan Wootten Basketball (Best Winning Pct. .869) Pat Riley Basketball (5 NBA Titles) Pat Summitt Basketball (8 National Chmps.) Pete Newell Basketball (National NIT Olympic Chmps.) Phil Jackson Basketball (9 NBA Titles) Red Auerbach Basketball (9 NBA Titles) Roy Williams Basketball (3 National Chmps.) Sparky Anderson Baseball (3 World Series Titles) Tom Landry Football (2 Super Bowl Chmps.) Tom Osborne Football (3 National Chmps.) Tony La Russa Baseball (3 World Series Titles) Vince Lombardi Football (5 NFL Titles. 2 Super Bowl Chmps.) Walter Alston Baseball (4 World Series Titles) Ward "Piggy" Lambert Basketball (1 National Chmps.) (John Wooden's Coach) Woody Hayes Football (5 National Chmps.) Go back to All Topics and All Coaches (top of each box above) to do complete Open Search below. Search by Topic, Word from John Wooden Quote, Sport, Issue #, Title, Title Keyword:

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Issue Number	Title
404	Issue 404 - Caring is the Core of Teamwork (Roy Williams Part Six)
403	Issue 403 - Lasting Talent Requires Character (Roy Williams Part Five)
402	Issue 402 - Determination: Don't Let Your Means Keep You From Your Dreams (Roy Williams Part Four)
401	Issue 401 - The First Conversation (Roy Williams Part Three)
400	Issue 400 - The Inspiration (Roy Williams Part 2)
399	Issue 399 - The Foundation (Roy Williams Part 1)
398	Issue 398 - Tradition: A Building Block of Team Culture (Jay Wright Part 9)
397	Issue 397 - Culture Is What You Do (Jay Wright Part 8)
396	Issue 396 - Failure Isn't Forever (Jay Wright Part 7)
395	Issue 395 - Clear Expectations (Jay Wright Part 6)
394	Issue 394 - The Right Statistics (Jay Wright Part 5)
393	Issue 393 - Humility and Assertiveness are Great Teammates (Jay Wright Part 4))
392	Issue 392 - Does Teaching Life Lessons Improve Job Performance? (Jay Wright Part Three)
391	Issue 391 - The Final Test of Teaching is Application (Jay Wright Part Two)
390	Issue 390 - Consistent Game Plan for Adversity (Jay Wright)
389	Issue 389 - Responsibilities not Privileges Build Teams (Denny Crum)
388	Issue 388 - "The Right People" (Pete Newell Part Ten)
387	Issue 387 - To be a Success: "Include Others" (Pete Newell Part Nine)
386	Issue 386 - Share Ideas don’t Keep Secrets (Pete Newell Part Eight)
385	Issue 385 - Less is More (Pete Newell Part Seven)
384	Issue 384 - Innovate and Adapt (Pete Newell Part Six)
383	Issue 383 - Intensity Under Control (Pete Newell Part Five)
382	Issue 382 - Key Habits of a Master Teacher (Pete Newell Part Four)
381	Issue 381 - How to show you care (Pete Newell Part Three)
380	Issue 380 - The Positive Approach (Pete Newell Part Two)
379	Issue 379 - Inspire Initiative not Dependency (Pete Newell)
378	Issue 378 - "Key Trait of A Great Coach" (Jack Clark Part Nine)
377	Issue 377 - "Three Keys to High Performance" (Jack Clark Part Eight)
376	Issue 376 - "Game Plan" (Jack Clark Part Seven)
375	Issue 375 - "Improve Accountability with Collaboration" (Jack Clark Part Six)
374	Issue 374 - "Team First, Self Last" (Jack Clark Part Five)
373	Issue 373 - "Judge Progress on Performance not Results" (Jack Clark Part Four)
372	Issue 372 - "Entitled to nothing, grateful for everything." (Jack Clark Part Three)
371	Issue 371 - Defining Mental Toughness (Jack Clark Part Two)
370	Issue 370 - Expect Everyone to Lead (Jack Clark- 28 National Championships Cal Rugby)
369	Issue 369 - Direct and Honest (Don Shula Part Five)
368	Issue 368 - Constant Feedback Creates Constant Improvement (Don Shula Part Four)
367	Issue 367 - Audible - Ready: Have you practiced your backup plan? (Don Shula Part Three)
366	Issue 366 - Overlearning = Autopilot = Peak Performance (Don Shula Part Two)
365	Issue 365 - A river without banks is a large puddle. (Don Shula: Winningest Coach in NFL History)
364	Issue 364 - Fairness, Respect and Trust (Joe Torre Part Seven)
363	Issue 363 - Each at-bat is a new day. (Joe Torre Part Six)
362	Issue 362 - Control what you can control, let go of the rest. (Joe Torre Part Five)
361	Issue 361 - One On One Time (Joe Torre Part Four)
360	Issue 360 - Great Self-Control / No Dirty Laundry (Joe Torre Part Three)
359	Issue 359 - Deference and Dialogue (Joe Torre Part Two)
358	Issue 358 - Working For A Tough Boss (Joe Torre Part One)
357	Issue 357 - Proper Focus (Geno Auriemma Part Five)
356	Issue 356 - Tell the Truth (Geno Auriemma Part Four)
355	Issue 355 - Challenge Don't Promise (Geno Auriemma Part Three)
354	Issue 354 - Keep Showing Up (Geno Auriemma Part Two)
353	Issue 353 - Building a Foundation (Geno Auriemma Part One)
352	Issue 352 - Enthusiasm and Team Spirit (Ward “Piggy” Lambert - Part Six)
351	Issue 351 - Initiative and Teamwork (Ward "Piggy" Lambert - Part Five)
350	Issue 350 - Avoiding Staleness - (Ward "Piggy" Lambert – Part Four)
349	Issue 349 - Team Building - (Ward "Piggy" Lambert – Part Three)
348	Issue 348 - Mental Conditioning - (Ward "Piggy" Lambert - Part Two)
347	Issue 347 - The Coach a Student of Psychology (Ward "Piggy" Lambert - (John Wooden’s College Coach) – Part One)
346	Issue 346 - Coaching Progress
345	Issue 345 - Manageable Bits - (Tony La Russa – Part Five)
344	Issue 344 - Respect Trust Caring - (Tony La Russa – Part Four)
343	Issue 343 - Preparing For Pressure - (Tony La Russa – Part Three)
342	Issue 342 - Complainers to Co-Signers to Champions - (Tony La Russa - Part Two)
341	Issue 341 - Personalize and Coach; Don’t Clone - (Tony La Russa)
340	Issue 340 - Getting the Best Out of Everybody - (Walter Alston)
339	Issue 339 - Don't Quit - (Bear Bryant)
338	Issue 338 - Communication Should Be Clear, Concise and Compelling - (Tom Osborne Part Three)
337	Issue 337 - Consistent Results Require Consistent Communication - (Tom Osborne Part Two)
336	Issue 336 - Great Results Require Great Communication - (Tom Osborne Part One)
335	Issue 335 - Always Be Consistent And Always Innovate - (Gregg Popovich)
334	Issue 334 - Take The Best And Leave The Rest - (Woody Hayes)
333	Issue 333 - It Doesn’t Cost A Nickel To Be Nice - (Sparky Anderson)
332	Issue 332 - A Leader Doesn’t Have To Be Loud - (Chuck Noll)
331	Issue 331 - Everbody Needs A Coach - (Joe Gibbs)
330	Issue 330 - Play Hard; Play Smart; Play Together - (Dean Smith)

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