John Wooden on time
John Wooden71 quotes“I think you have to be what you are. Don’t try to be somebody else. You have to be yourself at all times.”
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We can have no progress without change, whether it be basketball or anything else.
John WoodenJohn Wooden Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation. Your character is what you really are while your reputation is merely what others think you are.
John WoodenJohn Wooden Discipline yourself, and others won’t need to.
John WoodenJohn Wooden Love is the most important thing in the world. Hate, we should remove from the dictionary.
John WoodenJohn Wooden A mistake is valuable if you do four things with it: recognize it, admit it, learn from it, forget it.
John WoodenJohn Wooden I was built up from my dad more than anyone else.
John WoodenJohn Wooden The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the old ones.
John WoodenJohn Wooden If you don’t have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?
John WoodenJohn Wooden I am just a common man who is true to his beliefs.
John WoodenJohn Wooden The eight laws of learning are explanation, demonstration, imitation, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition.
John WoodenJohn Wooden What is right is more important than who is right.
John WoodenJohn Wooden I think that in any group activity – whether it be business, sports, or family – there has to be leadership or it won’t be successful.
John WoodenJohn Wooden Ability is a poor man’s wealth.
John WoodenJohn Wooden It’s what you learn after you know it all that counts.
John WoodenJohn Wooden It’s not so important who starts the game but who finishes it.
John WoodenJohn Wooden The best competition I have is against myself to become better.
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Caught inside my mind trapped between its horrid lines losing precious time.
Carmen AmadosCarmen Amados Some women will have you look at life differently.
Eleni SophiaEleni Sophia The biggest reward often require the largest risks.
Nicole BrownNicole Brown Being with you is familiar, like playing guitar after some time; the theory is there but my fingers have forgotten the chords.
AstaAsta Late-night conservations, Breathtaking memories, and an endless sky full of unseen dazzling stars. That’s how I want to remember us.
AurthurAurthur Nothing is more terrifying than falling in love.
Helena DegnHelena Degn People who cannot see through souls will keep searching for beauty in faces and will never find it.
Shilpa GoelShilpa Goel There is someone out there waiting to love you in all the ways you deserve.
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I suspect that dreams are an integral part of existence, with far more use for us than we’ve made of them…The fine line between the dream state and reality is at times, for me, quite grey.
David BowieDavid Bowie Even though it’s tiring, I’m having the time of my life.
Big SeanBig Sean I’ll never fall in love again it’s like having two souls at the same time.
Gabriel García MárquezGabriel García Márquez The irony is that while God doesn’t need us but still wants us, we desperately need God but don’t really want Him most of the time.
Francis ChanFrancis Chan But times do change and move continually.
Edmund SpenserEdmund Spenser Loads of my friends are lesbians, and it really annoys me that gay people aren’t allowed to get married in most parts of America. I’d go on a march for gay rights any time.
PinkPink It is not that we have too little time to do all the things we need to do , it is that we feel the need to do too many things in the time we have.
Gary KellerGary Keller I started piano when I was four. My mom taught me. And then I went to Manhattan School of Music during high school, like every Saturday. And then I went to Berklee for college, in Boston.
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