John Wooden Quotes

City employees will be hired and promoted because of their abilities - without outside interference.

I'm not out for quotas. I'm out to attract the best young men and women of our nation.

Meritocracy is a good thing. Whenever possibly, people should be judged based on their work and results, not superficial qualities.

The tech and tech media world are meritocracies. To fall back to race as the reason why people don't break out in our wonderful oasis of openness is to do a massive injustice to what we've fought so hard to create.

On my team, we prioritize merits over politics.

I have got nothing against family companies, but there must be real equity, that is all I say. It cannot be based on influence or political friendships. It has to be based on real equity backing their dreams.

In the field of sports you are more or less accepted for what you do rather than what you are.

I should not be judged by a standard that's not applied to everyone else.

It is a wise man who said that there is no greater inequality than the equal treatment of unequals.

I want to see genuine talent rewarded.

I’ve never found the truth to be fair and balanced.

It is simply a matter of treating each man, rich or poor, on his merits, and making him feel that at the White House, which is the Nation's property, all reputable citizens of the nation are sure of like treatment.

Elect me for what I am, not for what I was born.

And Justice for Some

In a country where offices are created solely for the benefit of the people no one man has any more intrinsic right to official station than another. Offices were not established to give support to particular men at the public expense. No individual wrong is, therefore, done by removal, since neither appointment to nor continuance in office is a matter of right.

There is no king of golf. Never has been, never will be. Golf is the most democratic game on Earth... It punishes and exalts us all with splendid equal opportunity.

I believe in a Republic of Merit in which water is allowed to find its own level, where voters, like drivers, are tested before being turned loose.

I think women benefit from being in places and having positions where the quality of work is the criteria, not what you look like. Not every place is like that.

I would not hesitate to vote for a white person as president if I thought he was the best person for the job.

I never want to get a job because I'm female. I want to get it because I earned it and I deserve it... Whether my hair is going to be blue or purple, people should be judged on how well they do the job and deliver results and whether they do it the right way. That's how I like to be judged; most people are like that.

The person who does that role better than anyone else is the person who should get that role, regardless of their background or heritage.

I'm all for diversity - but diversity for deserving people.

I made it pretty clear that if I'm captain, the best team has to play.

I just want to be treated fairly for my performance.

No beating around the bush. Give me the guys that are next in line, the guys that deserve it, and let's go.