Cooperation - To get cooperation, you must give cooperation. Always seek to find the best way rather than insisting on your own way.
John WoodenWe should never let ambition cause us to sacrifice our integrity or diminish our efforts in other areas. However, we need to remember that we never reach a serious goal unless we have the intention of doing so.
John WoodenConsider the rights of others before your own feelings, and the feelings of others before your own rights.
John WoodenYou get ideas across better through listening and the pat-on-the-back method than you do with a kick on the pants.
John WoodenMy bench never heard me mention winning. My whole emphasis was for each one of my players to try to learn to execute the fundamentals to the best of their ability. Not to try to be better than somebody else, but to learn from others, and never cease trying to be the best they could be; that's what I emphasized more than anything else.
John Wooden