John Wooden

Be prepared and be honest.

Winning takes talent to repeat takes character.

It isn't what you do but how you do it.

I think permitting the game to become too physical takes away a little bit of the beauty.

Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming.

Love is the most important thing in the world. Hate we should remove from the dictionary.

There's as much crookedness as you want to find. There was something Abraham Lincoln said - he'd rather trust and be disappointed than distrust and be miserable all the time. Maybe I trusted too much.

If I were a young coach today I would be extremely careful in selecting assistants.

I'd be satisfied just coaching in high school. I turned down a number of colleges when I was teaching in South Bend Indiana before I went into the service. I honestly believe that if I hadn't enlisted in the service I would never have left high school teaching. I'm sure I would have never left.

I've been blessed in so many ways.

All of life is peaks and valleys. Don't let the peaks get too high and the valleys too low.

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.

We can have no progress without change whether it be basketball or anything else.

Well your greatest joy definitely comes from doing something for another especially when it was done with no thought of something in return.