John Wooden

"Failure is never fatal. But failure to change can and might be."

"It isn't what you do, but how you do it."

"We can have no progress without change, whether it be basketball or anything else."

"It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen."

"There's as much crookedness as you want to find. There was something Abraham Lincoln said - he'd rather trust and be disappointed than distrust and be miserable all the time. Maybe I trusted too much."

"All of life is peaks and valleys. Don't let the peaks get too high and the valleys too low."

"Don't give up on your dreams, or your dreams will give up on you."

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

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

"I met Tiger Woods when he was younger. He's amazing - obviously technically, but his mental approach, too. He's really something."

"I think the teaching profession contributes more to the future of our society than any other single profession."

"I worry that business leaders are more interested in material gain than they are in having the patience to build up a strong organization, and a strong organization starts with caring for their people."

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

"I'm not afraid to die."

"If I am through learning, I am through."

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

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

"Just do the best you can. No one can do more than that."

"Just try to be the best you can be; never cease trying to be the best you can be. That's in your power."

"Passion is momentary; love is enduring."

"Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming."

"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."

"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."

"The most important thing in the world is family and love."

"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."

"Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out."

"Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who'll argue with you."