Don't let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.

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About John Wooden

Portrait of John Wooden

John Robert Wooden (October 14, 1910 – June 4, 2010) was an American basketball coach and player. Nicknamed "the Wizard of Westwood", he won ten National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) national championships in a 12-year period as head coach for the UCLA Bruins, including a record seven in a row....

More quotations from John Wooden

Don't let making a living prevent you from making a life.

You cannot live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you.

The most important thing in the world is family and love.

It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.

learning what matters

It's not so important who starts the game but who finishes it.

More quotations tagged with “ability”

If I had the ability to touch anyone else in this world, I still don't believe I'd want it to be anyone but you.

—Jus Accardo in Touch

I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous.

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The man who doesn't read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them.

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The Army has carried the American… ideal to its logical conclusion. Not only do they prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, creed and color, but also on ability.

There is something that is much more scarce, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability.

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