John Wooden

“The main ingredient of stardom is the rest of the team.”

“Friendship is two-sided. It isn't a friend just because someone's doing something nice for you. That's a nice person. There's friendship when you do for each other. It's like marriage - it's...”

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

“I'm no wizard, and I don't like being thought of in that light at all. I think of a wizard as being some sort of magician or something, doing something on the sly or something, and I don't w...”

“Don't let making a living prevent you from making a life.”

“Material possessions, winning scores, and great reputations are meaningless in the eyes of the Lord, because He knows what we really are and that is all that matters.”

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

“The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the old ones.”

“I don't believe in praying to win.”

“I think the teaching profession contributes more to the future of our society than any other single profession.”

“Be more concerned with your character than your reputation.”

“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.”

“Don't give up on your dreams, or your dreams will give up on you.”