John Wooden Quotes

You usually have to wait for that which is worth waiting for.

Our "overnight" success took 1,000 days.

There's nothing more prized to a man than something he had to wait for, work for, or struggle a little bit to get.

Everything valuable takes time, there are no overnight successes.

The only way to enjoy anything in this life is to earn it first.

That which we obtain too easily, we esteem too lightly.

I believe that good things come to those who work.

The process is so much longer than the result for almost everything all of us are doing.

If you keep working at something and stay with it, eventually good things will happen to you.

If you're really good at doing what you do, good things will come.

Timing, perseverance, and ten years of trying will eventually make you look like an overnight success.

One does not yearn for that which is easily acquired.

Infinite patience produces immediate results.

In life, worthwhile accomplishments and acquisitions take time. Usually the better the reward, the more time it takes to acquire it.

Why can't we have patience and expect good things to take time?

If you sacrifice early, you'll win late.

Before success comes patience... when we add to our accomplishments the element of hard work over a long period of time, we'll place a far greater value on the outcome. When we are patient, we'll have a greater appreciation of our success.

If you put in the time, you’ll see the rewards.

No matter how great the talent or efforts, some things just take time.

Rome was not built in one day.

The tougher the job, the greater the reward.

If it were easy, it would have no value.

People say we were an overnight success. It took us a year to be an overnight success.

All the things that are worth doing, take time.

Talent alone won't make you a success. Neither will being in the right place at the right time, unless you are ready. The most important question is: 'Are your ready?'