Wooden

John Wooden, perhaps the greatest basketball coach ever, died this week. Here are some of his quotes that I like.

"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 of you."

"Be prepared and be honest."

"Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do."

"Consider the rights of others before your own feelings, and the feelings of others before your own rights."

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

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

"Never mistake activity for achievement."

"The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the old ones."

"Talent is God given. Be Humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful."

"Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out."

Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time.
I Peter 5:6