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NCAA Basketball – Famous Quotes by John Wooden, the Winningest Basketball Coach
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By Ed Bagley
Great coaches win games when it counts. Some coaches also make great interviews for the media writers by never shying away in victory or defeat, and giving great quotes. Even fewer have great personalities to go with their victories, and quotes that are insightful, memorable and sometimes so funny we cannot help but smile.
And then there are the select few, legends in their own time that will never be forgotten, such as Knute Rockne and Vince Lombardi. Add Lou Holtz to the same list, not in the same class as Rockne and Lombardi, but because of his quick wit and quality comments. Successful coaches did not become so by being stupid, arcane and bovine. Holtz is sharp as a tack.
Rockne (the Notre Dame Fighting Irish), Lombardi (the Green Bay Packers), and Holtz (the only coach to lead 6 college programs to bowl-game appearances) are all football coaches.
Enter basketball’s John Wooden, who ranks in the same class as Rockne and Lombardi.
Known as the “Wizard of Westwood”, Wooden won 665 games in 27 seasons at UCLA and 10 NCAA titles during this last 12 years, including 7 straight from 1967 to 1973. He also had an 88-game winning streak and two undefeated, back-to-back national championship teams.
Wooden’s UCLA record during his 10 National Championship years was 291-10 (not a misprint); it rounds to a 97% winning percentage and includes no less than 4 perfect 30-0 seasons.
Here are some of John Wooden’s most famous quotes:
“If you don’t have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?”
“Never mistake activity for achievement.”
“If you’re not making mistakes, then you’re not doing anything. I’m positive that a doer makes mistakes.”
“Adversity is the state in which man most easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then.”
“Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be.”
“I’d rather have a lot of talent and a little experience than a lot of experience and a little talent.”
“Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.”
“Talent is God-given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.”
“Ability is a poor man’s wealth.”
“Winning takes talent, to repeat takes character.”
“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.”
“Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.”
“You can’t let praise or criticism get to you. It’s a weakness to get caught up in either one.”
“It’s not so important who starts the game but who finishes it.”
“It’s the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.”
“It’s what you learn after you know it all that counts.”
“Consider the rights of others before your own feelings, and the feelings of others before your own rights.”
“What you are as a person is far more important than what you are as a basketball player.”
“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.”
“You can’t live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you.”
Copyright © 2008 Ed Bagley
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19 Basketball Quotes for March Madness!
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By Noel Jameson
It is March again and for basketball fans it means just one thing: March Madness! The collegiate tradition is upon us.
Many will continue to watch, even if their team has been eliminated just for the drama and excitement. This leads to great highlights and marvelous basketball quotes.
Every year there seems to be a “Cinderella” team that the whole country cheers for. The atmosphere is wild and makes for some memorable moments.
Here are some of our favorite basketball quotes:
1) “We can’t win at home and we can’t win on the road. My problem as general manager is I can’t think of another place to play.” ~ Pat Williams
2) “The rule was “No autopsy, no foul.” ~ Stewart Granger
3) “When I dunk, I put something on it. I want the ball to hit the floor before I do.” ~ Darryl Dawkins
4) “The secret is to have eight great players and four others who will cheer like crazy.” ~ Jerry Tarkanian
5) “The invention of basketball was not an accident. It was developed to meet a need. Those boys simply would not play “Drop the Handkerchief.” ~ James Naismith
6) “Basketball is like war in that offensive weapons are developed first, and it always takes a while for the defense to catch up.” ~ Red Auerbach
7) “If I weren’t earning $3 million a year to dunk a basketball, most people on the street would run in the other direction if they saw me coming.” ~ Charles Barkley
“If you are going to take it to the bank, then you better cash it in.” ~ Shannon Fish
9) “When it’s played the way is supposed to be played, basketball happens in the air; flying, floating, elevated above the floor, levitating the way oppressed peoples of this earth imagine themselves in their dreams.” ~ John Edgar Wideman
10) “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.” ~ John Woodel
11) “Good, better, best. Never let it rest. Until your good is better and your better is best.” ~ Tim Duncan
12) “Sometimes a player’s greatest challenge is coming to grips with his role on the team” ~ Scottie Pippen
13) “There are really only two plays: Romeo and Juliet, and put the darn ball in the basket.” ~ Abe Lemons
14) “Basketball is a game that gives you every chance to be great, and puts every pressure on you to prove that you haven’t got what it takes. It never takes away the chance, and it never eases up on the pressure.” ~ Coach Bob Sundvold
15) “My responsibility is getting all my players playing for the name on the front of the jersey, not the one on the back.” ~ Author Unknown
16) “The idea is not to block every shot. The idea is to make your opponent believe that you might block every shot.” ~ Bill Russell
17) “Basketball is the MTV of sports.” ~ Sara Levinson
18) “When I went to Catholic high school in Philadelphia, we just had one coach for football and basketball. He took all of us who turned out and had us run through a forest. The ones who ran into the trees were on the football team.” ~ George Raveling
19) “You can run a lot of plays when your X is twice as big as the other guys’ O. It makes your X’s and O’s pretty good.” ~Paul Westphal
Hope you found a little humor in the basketball quotes. Go, cheer on your favorite team, and may the best team win!
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Gold medals aren’t really made of gold!
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– Dan Gable
Sports Quote by Phil Jackson!
Posted by: | Comments“Good teams become great ones when the members trust each other enough to surrender the ‘me’ for the ‘we.’”
~Phil Jackson~