carrollfan 15 Report Share Posted June 5, 2010 You will be missed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted Account 5,203 Report Share Posted June 5, 2010 Thus departs the greatest coach who ever lived. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-oo- 146 Report Share Posted June 5, 2010 I saw this on sportscenter awhile back. It was a pretty neat story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhs7695 185 Report Share Posted June 7, 2010 Some of his best quotes. The Wizard's wisdom: 'Woodenisms' By ESPN.com staff The life lessons taught by John Wooden have become legend. Here's a collection of some of the greatest "Woodenisms." "Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out." "Never mistake activity for achievement." "Adversity is the state in which man mostly easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then." "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." "Be prepared and be honest." "Be quick, but don't hurry." "You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one." "You can't live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you." "What you are as a person is far more important than what you are as a basketball player." "Winning takes talent; to repeat takes character." "A coach is someone who can give correction without causing resentment." "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?" "If you're not making mistakes, then you're not doing anything. I'm positive that a doer makes mistakes." "It isn't what you do, but how you do it." "Ability is a poor man's wealth." "Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." "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." "It's not so important who starts the game but who finishes it." "It's what you learn after you know it all that counts." "It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen." "Talent is God-given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful." "The main ingredient of stardom is the rest of the team." "Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming." "Success is never final; failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts." Source: CoachWooden.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vthokies4life 10 Report Share Posted June 7, 2010 Thanks for the quotes, bhs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted Account 5,203 Report Share Posted June 8, 2010 Thanks for the quotes, bhs! +1! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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