778 Quotes by John Wooden

When you get to be 95, travel doesn’t come as easily.

I am not as good as I ought to be. I am not as good as I want to be. I am not as good as I’m going to be. But I am thankful that I am better than I used to be.

Well, if you’re true to yourself you’re going to be true to everyone else.

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.

I don’t believe in looking back. If you make a decision that you think is the proper one at a time, then that’s the correct decision.

If there’s anything you could point out where I was a little different, it was the fact that I never mentioned winning.

Never complain about the officiating. It does no good. During the game I don’t want to be fighting two opponents.

Many leaders don’t listen, and it is one of the greatest methods we have of learning. You need to listen to those under your supervision and to those who are above you.

Cervantes said the journey’s better than the end. Practices, to me, were the journey.