John Wooden

You cannot live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you.

It's not so important who starts the game but who finishes it.

It is what we learn after we think we know it all, that counts.

Consider the rights of others before your own feelings, and the feelings of others before your own rights.

It is what you learn after you know it all that counts.

A coach is someone who can give correction without causing resentment.

Ability is a poor man's wealth.

Adversity is the state in which man mostly easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then.

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.

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

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

Don't let what you can't do stop you from doing what you can do.