John Wooden Quotes

I haven't raised my voice for eight to 10 years in the kitchen. And I won't have anybody shouting. If I hear of anybody having a go at anyone else, they'll get disciplined.

I figure it's okay to make certain rules, whether or not people despise you for it at the time.

Once I will warn you, and then I will fire you! I have a zero-tolerance-plus-one policy for gossip. I will teach you once, and then I will fire your butt.

If there is a really good player at U16 level who disrespects the coach, if you then say: 'You can go somewhere else then. That is not how we do things here.' That would be powerful.

My parents were very strict and had rules for me and, if ever I was playing outside, I always had a set time to come back in.

There is no surer or more painful way to learn a rule than to be penalized once for breaking it.

And for those of you who want to start any trouble, I have a zero tolerance policy. . . .

Those children who have been most chastised seldom make the best men.

When I was 16, my mother moved me out of Brooklyn and sent me to Florida to stay with my family for a little bit because I was being bad, not going to school and stuff.

Parents must lay down ground rules for their children to help them to grow up and to learn responsibility for their actions. They must learn to stand on their own two feet.

If I played today, I'd stay in trouble. I'd be in the commissioner's office all the time, I guess. I'd be everywhere - including where I wasn't supposed to be.

Having rules means that sometimes people break them, and that means punishment.

If I got a beating for something, I usually deserved it.

Taking the game away is probably the closest thing to jail that I'll get to.

I got suspended from school once, and my dad came to the school and whooped me in front of everyone. I didn't want that to happen again, didn't want to be embarrassed like that. The guys that I ran with, they respected that and respected my dad too.

Why have a rule if you're not going to enforce it?

Suspensions convey the critical message to students and parents that certain behavior is inconsistent with being a member of the school community. Pretend suspensions, in which a student is allowed to remain in the school community, do not convey that message.

Too often, people equate discipline with cursing. When you go to Catholic school, the nuns don't curse a word, but you get discipline.

When someone oversteps the mark, there's a referee.

My mum will never let me be anything but grounded.

I got taught respect because if not, somebody's gonna make you respect them.

Our players are educated. They know. If you knowingly break the rules, we're going to move on. We'll find someone else to play quarterback.

Honestly, I regret not having spanked my kids.

You don't ever want an African father to come to your school looking for you.

I learned from my dad and my mom somebody should only have to tell you once. Whether it's me getting in trouble, they said I should only have to tell you once. I've kind of took that and made that for all aspects.