Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be.

— John Wooden

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.

— John Wooden

Good values are like a magnet, they attract good people.

— John Wooden

How many of us have conflicts with someone else- and how many of us pray for that person? We have individuals with whom we are competitive, or whom we dislike or have a quarrel with; but very few of us have true enemies in the martial sense. And yet if Lincoln could pray fervently- and contemporary reports indicate he did-for the people who were opposing him, how much more can we do for someone we just find a little irritating?

— John Wooden

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

— John Wooden

If I am through learning, I am through.

— John Wooden

If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have the time to do it over?

— John Wooden

If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?

— John Wooden

If you don’t have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?

— John Wooden

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

— John Wooden