John Wooden quotes

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I'd rather have a lot of talent and a little experience than a lot of experience and a little talent.
John Wooden
Experience
Talent
Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be.
John Wooden
Change
Failure
Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability.
John Wooden
Ability
Measure
Winning takes talent, to repeat takes character.
John Wooden
Talent
Character
Winning
Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.
John Wooden
Character
Reputation
Adversity is the state in which man most easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then.
John Wooden
Adversity
Being
Man
State
Ability is a poor man's wealth.
John Wooden
Wealth
Ability
Man
Poor
A coach is someone who can give correction without causing resentment.
John Wooden
Coach
Correction
Resentment
Consider the rights of others before your own feelings, and the feelings of others before your own rights.
John Wooden
Feelings
Rights