Quotes- John Wooden

Ability is a poor man's wealth.
-John Wooden

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

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.
-John Wooden

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

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

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

Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.
-John Wooden

Sports do not build character. They reveal it.
-John Wooden