John Wooden Quotes

When you're ready to quit, you are closer than you think

Defeat doesn't finish a man, quit does.

Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.

Don't give up. You're going to get kicked in the teeth. A lot. Learn to take a hit, then pick yourself up off the floor. Resilience is the true key to success.

If you give up at the first sign of struggle, you're really not ready to be successful.

90% of all those who fail are not actually defeated. They simply quit.

For me giving up is way harder than trying.

If at first you don't succeed-try, try again. Don't think of it as failure. Think of it as timed-release success.

If we grow weary and give up, the goal remains for someone else to achieve.

It's okay to fail; it's not okay to quit.

On tough days, you gotta have heart. Don't quit, whatever you do. Persevere.

The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure. These qualities are so much more important than the events that occur.

Never, never, never give up.

It's always too early to quit.

We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.

Never give up, and be confident in what you do. There may be tough times, but the difficulties which you face will make you more determined to achieve your objectives and to win against all the odds.

He helps me every day to do my exercises. Siegfried told me once, 'The one who is a hero is the one who can hang on just one minute longer.'

It is the combination of reasonable talent and the ability to keep going in the face of defeat that leads to success.

My life I was raised to believe that you should never give in—that you should never give up.

One of the things I always thought about as a young coach was finding solutions to things that happened, but the most important thing I always referred to was never giving in.

It takes an inner strength to succeed.

Persevere. Don't let anyone tell you that you can't do something, because nothing would happen.

Never give up on whatever you want to do.

If you want to get somewhere you have to know where you want to go and how to get there. Then never, never, never give up.

I'd made it this far and refused to give up because all my life I had always finished the race.