50+ John Wooden Quotes on Leadership to Make You a Better Manager

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

I think you have to be what you are. Don't try to be somebody else. You have to be yourself at all times.

The main ingredient of stardom is the rest of the team.

Just do the best you can. No one can do more than that.

Be true to yourself, help others, make each day your masterpiece, make friendship a fine art, drink deeply from good books - especially the Bible, build a shelter against a rainy day, give thanks for your blessings and pray for guidance every day.

Love is the most important thing in the world. Hate, we should remove from the dictionary.

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

Never lie, never cheat, never steal.

If you're not making mistakes, then you're not doing anything. I'm positive that a doer makes mistakes.

Friendship is two-sided. It isn't a friend just because someone's doing something nice for you. That's a nice person. There's friendship when you do for each other. It's like marriage - it's two-sided.

Young people need models, not critics.

I'd rather have a lot of talent and a little experience than a lot of experience and a little talent.

You can do more good by being good than any other way.

You can lose when you outscore somebody in a game. And you can win when you’re outscored.

There are many things that are essential to arriving at true peace of mind, and one of the most important is faith, which cannot be acquired without prayer.

All of life is peaks and valleys. Don't let the peaks get too high and the valleys too low.

Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who'll argue with you.

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.

Don't let yesterday take up too much of today.

Defense is a definite part of the game, and a great part of defense is learning to play it without fouling.