John Wooden Quotes

Make each day a masterpiece.

Do your best every day. Live each day as if it's your masterpiece.

Fill the brain with high thoughts, highest ideals, place them day and night before you, and out of that will come great work.

If you want to give light to others you have to glow yourself.

Whatever you are, always be a good one.

I'm not just trying to be a good game manager. I'm trying to be great.

Success is determined by your daily choices and habits

If you start today to do the right thing, you are already a success even if it doesn’t show yet.

Don’t just accept whatever comes your way in life. You were born to win; you were born for greatness; you were created to be a champion in life.

Don't worry about being cool. Worry about being the best

If you'll not settle for anything less than your best, you will be amazed at what you can accomplish in your lives.

Success is about having, excellence is about being. Success is about having money and fame, but excellence is being the best you can be.

Perfection is impossibility but striving for perfection is not. Do the best you can. That is what counts.

Discipline is the only sure way I know to convince people to believe in themselves

I've only had two rules: Do all you can and do it the best you can. It's the only way you ever get that feeling of accomplishing something.

It's important to set your own goals and work hard to achieve them.

Your strengths have to stand out. Your strengths have to be perfected.

They say that nobody is perfect. Then they tell you practice makes perfect. I wish they'd make up their minds.

Strive for excellence, not perfection.

Unsuccessful people get jealous when they watch the Mastery of others. Successful people get inspired.

Keep your goals away from the trolls.

You may be better than the rest, but you are not a success until you have made the effort to become the best you can be.

If you work with determination and with perfection, success will follow.

The first step toward becoming extraordinary is, of course, to stop being ordinary.

I wanted to undertake the challenge of daring to be great.