John Wooden - Success Quotes

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Remember this your lifetime through: Tomorrow there will be more to do. And failure waits for all who stay With some success made yesterday. Tomorrow you must try once more, And even harder than before.

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No building is better than its structural foundation, and no man (woman) is better than his (her) mental foundation. When I prepared my original Success Pyramid years ago, I put industriousness and enthusiasm as the two cornerstones with LOYALTY right in the middle of the pyramid - Loyalty to yourself and to all those dependent upon you.

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Remember, results aren't the criteria for success — it's the effort made for achievement that is most important.

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I do not judge success based on championships; rather, I judge it on how close we came to realizing our potential

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The man who is afraid to risk failure seldom has to face success.

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Success is peace of mind attained only through self-satisfaction and knowing you've made the effort, do the best of what you're capable.

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It is most difficult, in my mind, to separate any success, whether it be in your profession, your family, or as in my case, in basketball, from religion.

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The person who is afraid to risk failure seldom has to face success. I expected my players to make mistakes, as long as they were mistakes of commission. A mistake of commission happens when you are doing what should be done but don't get the results you want.

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You may be better than the rest, but you are not a success until you have made the effort to become the best you can be.

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Before success comes patience... when we add to our accomplishments the element of hard work over a long period of time, we'll place a far greater value on the outcome. When we are patient, we'll have a greater appreciation of our success.

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Success may result in winning, but winning does not necessarily mean you are a success.

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