John Wooden Quotes

Never confuse activity with accomplishment.

John Wooden would say never mistake activity for achievement. Sometimes we think we're really doing well on a given day. But 'What did you accomplish?' is the question that we should really be asking not 'What did we do?'

Always focus on accomplishments rather than activities.

You don't get results by focusing on results. You get results by focusing on the actions that produce results.

Superhuman effort isn't worth a damn unless it achieves results.

Never confuse movement with action.

In the end, you're measured not by how much you undertake but by what you finally accomplish.

All that I care about are results.

Nothing works like success.

If you just play your game, the stats will come.

If I don't get hits, I don't get hits, but I'm trying to get hits.

Everybody manages differently and as far as I'm concerned the results are the only thing that counts.

People care about performance and results above all else.

The accurate measure of a human being is what he or she actually gets done.

What you concentrate on largely determines the quality and quantity of the results that you get and the success that you enjoy.

There is no continuum for success. Focus on the progress, not the results.

Forget about style; worry about results.

I think in terms of what I am able to accomplish and build.

If you win a race, you don't ask how you did it, as long as you do it.

I like to work hard and see the results of my hard work.

Efficiency is doing things right; effectiveness is doing the right things.

The results you achieve will be in direct proportion to the effort you apply.

You don't reward reaction; you reward results.

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Judge us not by the rhetoric; judge us by the results.