Ability may get you to the top, nut it takes chracter to keep you there - mental, moral, and physical.
John WoodenThere'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.
John WoodenI do not want players who do not have a keen desire to win and do not play hard and aggressively to accomplish that objective.
John WoodenI'd be satisfied just coaching in high school. I turned down a number of colleges when I was teaching in South Bend, Indiana, before I went into the service. I honestly believe that if I hadn't enlisted in the service, I would never have left high school teaching. I'm sure I would have never left.
John Wooden