John Wooden

Do the best you can. No one can do more than that.

Make each day your masterpiece.

Seek opportunities to show you care. The smallest gestures often make the biggest difference.

If you’re not making mistakes, then you’re not doing anything. I’m positive that a doer makes mistakes.

Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability.

Young people need models, not critics.

Winning takes talent; to repeat takes character.

It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.

Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be.

Never mistake activity for achievement.

Success is peace of mind, which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to become the best of which you are capable.

Discipline yourself, and others won't need to.

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.

I'd rather have a lot of talent and a little experience than a lot of experience and a little talent.

Don't let making a living prevent you from making a life.

There are many things that are essential to arriving at true peace of mind, and one of the most important is faith, which cannot be acquired without prayer.

Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts.

Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming.

Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.

If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?

Confidence comes from preparation.

Do not let making a living prevent you from making a life.

Ability is a poor man's wealth.

Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.