When we aren't alert, we miss opportunities to improve ourselves. We should always watch for circumstances or situations that can help or harm us and be eager to learn from these encounters.
John WoodenThere is great joy in doing something for somebody else with no thought in receiving anything in return.
John WoodenOpponents are working very hard to defeat us. Let's not do it for them by defeating ourselves from within.
John WoodenIt's important to keep trying to do what you think is right no matter how hard it is or how often you fail. Never stop trying
John WoodenThe goal in life is the same as in basketball: make the effort to do the best you are capable of doing--in marriage, at your job, in the community, for your country. Make the effort to contribute in whatever way you can. You may do it materially or with time, ideas, or work. Making the effort to contribute is what counts. The effort is what counts in everything.
John Wooden