John Wooden
American basketball coach (1910 to 2010), at UCLA from 1948 to 1975, where his teams won ten national titles; earlier an English teacher in South Bend, Indiana.
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Success is peace of mind from knowing you made the effort to do the best you are capable of
From those things, and one other perhaps, I coined my own definition of success, which is: Peace of mind attained only through self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to do the best of which you're capable.
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Success is peace of mind from knowing you made the effort to do the best you are capable of
From those things, and one other perhaps, I coined my own definition of success, which is: Peace of mind attained only through self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to do the best of which you're capable.
The difference between winning and succeeding (TED2001) Said c. 2001
Others cannot judge your success: only you know whether you did your best
If you make the effort to do the best of which you're capable, trying to improve the situation that exists for you, I think that's success, and I don't think others can judge that
The difference between winning and succeeding (TED2001) Said c. 2001
Character, what you really are, matters much more than reputation, what you are perceived to be
your reputation is what you're perceived to be; your character is what you really are. And I think that character is much more important than what you are perceived to be.
The difference between winning and succeeding (TED2001) Said c. 2001
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Worrying about what you cannot control hurts the things you can control
If you get too engrossed and involved and concerned in regard to the things over which you have no control, it will adversely affect the things over which you have control.
The difference between winning and succeeding (TED2001) Said c. 2001
Not all change is progress, but there is no progress without change
They think all change is progress. And we get a little older -- we sort of let things go. And we forget there is no progress without change.
The difference between winning and succeeding (TED2001) Said c. 2001
Whatever you are doing, you must be patient
And I say to you, in whatever you're doing, you must be patient.
The difference between winning and succeeding (TED2001) Said c. 2001
We hope things turn out as we want but fail to do what is needed to make them real
I think our tendency is to hope things will turn out the way we want them to much of the time, but we don't do the things that are necessary to make those things become reality.
The difference between winning and succeeding (TED2001) Said c. 2001
You can lose while outscoring an opponent and win while being outscored
My idea is that you can lose when you outscore somebody in a game, and you can win when you're outscored.
The difference between winning and succeeding (TED2001) Said c. 2001
The score of a game should be the byproduct of doing your best, not the end itself
But I wanted the score of a game to be the byproduct of these other things, and not the end itself.
The difference between winning and succeeding (TED2001) Said c. 2001
Do your best regularly and the results will be about what they should be
That's what really matters: if you make an effort to do the best you can regularly, the results will be about what they should be.
The difference between winning and succeeding (TED2001) Said c. 2001
College athletes are there for an education first and the sport second
I always tried to make the youngsters feel that they're there to get an education, number one; basketball was second, because it was paying their way
The difference between winning and succeeding (TED2001) Said c. 2001
Industriousness and enthusiasm are the cornerstones of success, with faith and patience at the top
And I had blocks in the pyramid, and the cornerstones being industriousness and enthusiasm, working hard and enjoying what you're doing, coming up to the apex, according to my definition of success. And right at the top, faith and patience.
The difference between winning and succeeding (TED2001) Said c. 2001
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