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Strive to accomplish the very best you are capable of. Nothing less than your best effort will suffice. — John Wooden

Charcy is claimed for Akielos.' As he rose, Damen wrapped his hand around its wooden pole and planted it in the earth. The — C.S. Pacat

I continually stress to my players that all I expect from them at practice and in the games is their maximum effort. — John Wooden

It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen. — John Wooden

Growing up, my parents were very, very strict. And then I went to UCLA with John Wooden, who was just off the charts. — Bill Walton

We can agree to disagree, but we don't need to be disagreeable. — John Wooden

To have on her head a most wonderful bonnet like a Grenadier wooden measure, and good measure too, or a great Stilton cheese, — Charles Dickens

The main ingredient of stardom is the rest of the team. — John Wooden

You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one. — John Wooden

Great leaders are always out front with a banner, instead of behind with a whip. — John Wooden

She walked toward me, her high heels perforating the polished wooden air of the Richmond's quiet basement like the slow beat of a tall clock. — Philip Kerr

It's important to keep trying to do what you think is right no matter how hard it is or how often you fail. Never stop trying — John Wooden

Make today your master piece. — John Wooden

Most people think of poise as calm, self-assured dignity; but I call it "just being you". — John Wooden

Never make excuses. Your friends don't need them and your foes won't believe them. — John Wooden

Winning games, titles and championships isn't all it's cracked up to be, but getting there, the journey, is a lot more than it's cracked up to be. — John Wooden

You're a fool, Jake, you are," he told himself. "You're an Imperfect. You walk with wooden feet. — Diana S. Zimmerman

Just try to be the best you can be; never cease trying to be the best you can be. That's in your power. — John Wooden

Don't beat yourself. That's the worst kind of defeat you'll ever suffer. — John Wooden

It's not so important who starts the game but who finishes it.
-John wooden — John Wooden

Someone will always hate what I say. There's always going to be somebody spitting blood about my wooden-faced, toffee-named, crappy acting. — Benedict Cumberbatch

Opponents are working very hard to defeat us. Let's not do it for them by defeating ourselves from within. — John Wooden

It's the anarchy of poverty
delights me, the old
yellow wooden house indented
among the new brick tenements — William Carlos Williams

I met Tiger Woods when he was younger. He's amazing - obviously technically, but his mental approach, too. He's really something. — John Wooden

When it's over and you look in the mirror, did you do the best you were capable of? If yes, you will probably be ok with the outcome — John Wooden

The athlete who says that something can't be done should never interrupt the one who's doing it — John Wooden

It's too late for preparation when opportunity strikes. — John Wooden

There is no great fun, satisfaction, or joy derived from doing something that's easy. — John Wooden

It's not how big you are, it's how big you play — John Wooden

A player who makes a team great is more valuable than a great player. Losing yourself in the group, for the good of the group, that's teamwork. — John Wooden

You'd like to see your team reasonably happy, but that's not your job. Gain their respect and get them to accept their roles — John Wooden

It's always about focusing not on the mistakes but on the lessons learned from them. — John Wooden

A coach's primary function should be not to make better players, but to make better people — John Wooden

When opportunity comes, it's too late to prepare. — John Wooden

John Wooden, the legendary basketball coach, says you aren't a failure until you start to blame. — Carol S. Dweck

There's never been a finer man in American sports than John Wooden, or a finer coach. — Rick Reilly

I always talked to my players about today. It's the only day that matters. — John Wooden

Obama's dense as a doorbell; not much going on up there - it's a wooden top. — John Lydon

Remember, results aren't the criteria for success - it's the effort made for achievement that is most important. — John Wooden

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

You have success within. It's up to you to bring it out. — John Wooden

Do you know what breakfast cereal is made of? It's made of all those little curly wooden shavings you find in pencil sharpeners! — Roald Dahl

She'd give him time, then logic. Men's minds were like wooden axles. Now and then they needed grease. — Glendon Swarthout

What he brought out was a wooden gag they put in someone's mouth before doing something drastic, like cutting off a leg. — Megan Whalen Turner

Ability is a poor man's wealth. — John Wooden

There's nowhere else to escape to ... Except in a wooden box, that is. — H.M. Forester

When opportunity knocks, it's too late to prepare. — John Wooden

The true test of a man's character is what he does when no one is watching. — John Wooden

Never try to be better than anyone else, but never cease to be the best you can be. That's achievement. — John Wooden

Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts. — John Wooden

A man's style is his mind's voice. Wooden minds, wooden voices. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Cervantes said the journey's better than the end. Practices, to me, were the journey. — John Wooden

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. — John Wooden

The first trick I bought at Macy's was a little wooden board where a quarter would appear and disappear. — David Copperfield

I've never stopped trying to do what's right. I'm not doing it to earn favor with God. I'm doing it because it's the right thing to do. — John Wooden

The best music of my life I heard at my grandmother's church, this little wooden church up on a hill. — Mavis Staples

Do your best every day. Live each day as if it's your masterpiece. — John Wooden

I miss him like one might miss a scar, or wooden leg, something disfiguring but characteristic. — Nick Hornby

When everyone has good players, teaching will be a telling difference. — John Wooden

The courageous struggle for a noble cause should be considered success itself. — John Wooden

First, do not betray yourself. Second, do not betray those you lead. — John Wooden

Wooden ships are a hippie dream, capsized in excess if you know what I mean. — Neil Young

Always think of passing the ball before shooting it. — John Wooden

Before i going out i stood in such a way that i could see the face in the wooden flooring. and i was really Christ. — Karl Ove Knausgard

Now comes the reign of iron - and cased sloops are to take the place of wooden ships. — John Adolphus Bernard Dahlgren

As a leader you must be sincerely committed to what's right rather than who's right. — John Wooden

Promise to wear a cheerful appearance at all times and give every person you meet a smile. — John Wooden

Be true to yourself. Make each day a masterpiece. — John Wooden

Constantly be aware and observing. Always seek to improve yourself and the team. — John Wooden

Over-coaching can be more harmful than under-coaching. Keep it simple! — John Wooden

Failure is never fatal. But failure to change can and might be. — John Wooden

Frankly, our music has too often been shallow, discordant, or played with a wooden concern for technical correctness but without feeling and passion. — Brian D. McLaren

The choice you make, makes you. — John Wooden

Japanese architecture is traditionally based on wooden structures that need renovating on a regular basis. — Tadao Ando

People want to believe you are sincerely interested in them as a person, not just what they can do for you. — John Wooden

Do not let what you can't do interfere with what you can do. — John Wooden

They'd reached St Thomas's and climbed the half-dozen wooden steps to the small veranda. Gamache — Louise Penny

The importance of repetition until automaticity cannot be overstated. Repetition is the key to learning. — John Wooden

Salad is never more appetizing than when served in a large wooden bowl. — Dorothy Draper

Honors are very fleeting, just as fame is; cherish friendship more. — John Wooden

A leader's most powerful ally is his or her own example. — John Wooden

It's not that he hated the wooden cube. It's what was inside it that he didn't like. — Caroline Cairn

She's eighty-four and still has all her teeth. She keeps them in a little wooden box on her dressing table. — Simon Hugh Wheeler

If a player's not doing the things he should, put him on the bench. He'll come around. — John Wooden

Like a wooden cottage of a lovely forest, leave yourself to the silence! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Abby's eyes fell on a wooden sign hanging near the foot of his bed:I'm only passing through ... this world is not my home. — Karen Kingsbury

The life lessons taught by John Wooden have become legend. Here's a collection of some of the greatest 'Woodenisms.' — John Wooden

I'm very interested in everything. The words fell with a hollow flatness on to Jay Cee's desk, like so many wooden nickels. — Sylvia Plath

Promise to think only the best, to work only for the best, and to expect only the best from yourself and others. — John Wooden

Never mistake activity for achievement. — John Wooden

It's not what you teach, it's what you emphasize. — John Wooden

What a leader learns after you've learned it all counts most of all. — John Wooden

Discipline yourself and others won't need to. — John Wooden

Cross my wooden leg, swear on my glass eye. — Tom Waits

There's not a ship that sails the ocean, But every climate, every soil, Must bring its tribute, great or small, And help to build the wooden wall! — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Its what you learn when you know it all that counts — John Wooden

To win once you must have talent, but to win again you must have character. — John Wooden

First be the best and then be first — John Wooden

I am not what I ought to be, Not what I want to be, Not what I am going to be, But I am thankful that I am better than I used to be. It — John Wooden

A dedication is a wooden leg. — Edward Young