John Wooden Quotes

Success must include two things: the development of an individual to his utmost potentiality and a contribution of some kind to one's world.

When you invest your time, you make a goal and a decision of something that you want to accomplish. Whether it's make good grades in school, be a good athlete, be a good person, go down and do some community service and help somebody who's in need, whatever it is you choose to do, you're investing your time in that.

I work every day to improve and reach my top.

What else is there in life but to accomplish things and to do things? Sure I like to be on a beach on occasion, I like to ski on occasion, but as long as I have the ability to make a contribution, I am going to keep going.

We are all so preoccupied with ourselves. How can I get happy, how can I find the job I love, how can I become a millionaire, how can lose weight. Yet, the reality is that fulfillment, success and all of these good things comes from trying to help those that we care about to achieve those things.

I want to do the best job I can.

The message I really want to get out there is that I'm someone who works hard, gets the most out of his talent, off the course has a great family life.

When I started travelling, I would go to a city and be on television and I used to get the question, 'Why do you work? If I were you, I'd just go and lie on a beach somewhere.' And I'd answer, 'Well, I wanted to make something of my life.'

What you become is what counts.

To give your best is to receive the best.

This world needs all our best efforts and earnest endeavors twenty-four hours every day…if our labors were needed in another world we should be in another world; so long as we are in this one I believe in making the best and the most of the materials we have on hand.

Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing

You're only going to get better when you work hard and you focus on what you're doing.

There are plenty of players who have a lot of talent. It's all about getting the best out of yourself and you'll have to work very hard to achieve that.

It's only in the act of pushing yourself, challenging yourself to make a contribution to your community, to your family, to your country, that you actually realize your full self, you know?

We want to be more than just being the Bella Twins and the stars of these reality TV shows. I want to have a bigger purpose in life. So that's why, with Birdiebee, we really want to give back.

Hard work makes us better people and helps our communities flourish.

Love makes one fitt for any work.

You're happiest while you're making the greatest contribution.

You only get out of it what you put into it. If you are a sheep in this world, you're not going to get much out of it.

The more you work, study and develop your ability to contribute more to the lives and well-being of others, the better life you will have in all areas.

What you want most out of life is the thing you have to give the most of

One of the great undiscovered joys of life comes from doing everything one attempts to the best of one's ability. The smallest task, well done, becomes a miracle of achievement.

I have always felt that the surest way to qualify for the job just ahead is to work a little harder than any one else on the job one is holding down.

The price of excellence is discipline. The cost of mediocrity is disappointment.