John Wooden Quotes

I had this wonderful career and thought I would retire as a teacher.

I was teaching history and coaching both tennis and track along with football. I felt like I had the best of both worlds. I was pretty comfortable. I thought I would be doing what I was doing for the rest of my life.

But I was going to be a teacher my entire life, so I wasn't counting on money to much.

In terms of my career, I am glad about the steps and moves that I have made.

Nobody asked you to flip burgers for the rest of your life.

There are lots of different reasons to choose roles.

I had the option of building a career in the U.S. Many of my friends who went at the time did not come back, but for me, building the family business and being with family was worth it. I became a general manager within four months, as I used my education to improve productivity and output.

My major was Fine Arts and Education thinking I would become an Art Teacher. I couldn't visualize myself as an art teacher, thinking how it wouldn't work.

I do want to finish my education. I just don't think that Boston has a big enough market for what I want to do.

I thought I would be a teacher; I think my eventual goal was to be the principal of my old high school.

If I had been at a University I don't think I would have been able to have the experience I had in my Smithsonian work. I don't think I have been as successful.

I was an idiot in terms of career-building, but I had a great time.

I chose to have a career, and I enjoyed it while I had it.

I could stay in Germany and start my coaching career there. I did not want to.

The only thing that I was equipped for with my very mediocre college Arts degree was to get a job in teaching.

I kind of fell backwards into acting. I was studying to be a high school teacher. I look now and I understand completely, or actually barely, how much work it is to be a teacher. It's an incredible amount of work.

The morning after my high-school graduation found me up early job hunting. The dream of college I put on the back burner.

My daughter became a teacher right out of college.

It always irritated me that people think they have to be locked into a career path.

I think my mum wanted me to join the army or something, or become a surveyor - something with good career prospects.

I left school at 16 and skipped university to work, initially as a waiter. I think I missed out on what would have been great years.

When I was starting out, I followed along the path that seemed to be marked out for me - from high school to college to law school to professional life.

I don't believe that there is any particular book that influenced any 'career' I might have.

I don't want to stay on the road for the rest of my life. I have two kids.

To us [The Lake Area Technical Institute of South Dakota -- LATI], a student is successful if they're placed [In a job, in more education or in the Military]. We talk to them about 'Where do you want to be? Where do you want to go with your life?