→ Life becomes easier and more beautiful when we can see the good in other people.
→ You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don't try to forget the mistakes, but you don't dwell on it. You don't let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space.
→ Keep your dreams alive. Understand to achieve anything requires faith and belief in yourself, vision, hard work, determination, and dedication. Remember all things are possible for those who believe.
→ It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.
One of these may be attributed to John Wooden. Which one?
→ Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.
→ 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 bend; don’t water it down; don’t try to make it logical; don’t edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly.
→ There is no cure for laziness but a large family helps.
One of the following quotations belongs to John Wooden. Which one?
→ We're here for a reason. I believe a bit of the reason is to throw little torches out to lead people through the dark.
→ Computers make it easier to do a lot of things, but most of the things they make it easier to do don't need to be done.
→ There’s danger in just shoveling out money to people who say, ‘My life is a little harder than it used to be.’ At a certain place you’ve got to say to the people, ‘Suck it in and cope, buddy. Suck it in and cope.’
→ Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be.
Can you guess which one of these belongs to John Wooden?
→ Thinking that what’s good for you is good for the wider civilization, and rationalizing foolish or evil conduct, based on your subconscious tendency to serve yourself, is a terrible way to think.
→ Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.
→ True love is rare, and it’s the only thing that gives life real meaning.
→ 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.