John Wooden
FameRank: 10

"As player":

*1932 Helms Athletic Foundation/Helms National Championship

"As coach":

*1964 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament/1964 NCAA National Championship

*1965 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament/1965 NCAA National Championship

*1967 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament/1967 NCAA National Championship

*1968 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament/1968 NCAA National Championship

*1969 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament/1969 NCAA National Championship

*1970 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament/1970 NCAA National Championship

*1971 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament/1971 NCAA National Championship

*1972 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament/1972 NCAA National Championship

*1973 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament/1973 NCAA National Championship

*1975 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament/1975 NCAA National Championship

NCAA Men's Division I Final Four appearances by coaches/Regional Championships – Final Four

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/ player_years = 1929–1932

/ player_teams = Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball/Purdue

/ player_positions = Guard (basketball)/Guard

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

When I was in high school, I dreamed of being a film-maker, but my family was so poor that they couldn't afford for me to go to college.

All the Invisible Children.

My films are always concerned with family, friendship, honor, and patriotism.

I can guarantee you that had no relevance, ... We operate as an independent company. We have not called on them (Nana) for any such support, and they have not offered any.

Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but what you should have accomplished with your ability.

Some companies like managers who have their hands on everything, and some don't.

Has sent us a letter with numerous inaccurate and unfounded allegations that we intend to address with him directly.

It would be a joke to film it like some sort of kung fu epic.

If you're not making mistakes, then you're not doing anything. I'm positive that a doer makes mistakes.

Things do go wrong, ... We had sent all these books to Nepal, but then we did an evaluation with local teachers.

It is what you learn after you know it all that counts.

You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one.

Supply is coming back and people are beginning to feel more confident about oil futures.

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

It is what we learn after we think we know it all, that counts.

It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.

The movies I like to make are very rich and full of passion. Some people see me as an action director, but action is not the only thing in my movies. I always like to show human nature - something deep inside the heart.

I usually put the actors and the stuntmen in a real explosion, in real gunfire. They run scared, really scared.

In Cambodia, they said the problem was that the kids couldn't get to the schools or libraries, so we donated bicycles.

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

Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming.

They think it's cleaner (and) OK because (it) comes from the doctor or it's prescribed, but it's abused.

If you spread $10 million on the entire Texas border, it won't go very far.

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

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

Although we had preliminary discussions with Adams, we never had a deal, ... We asked him to provide a quote by answering an invitation to bid, but he did not respond to our requirement. When it became clear Adams could not meet the schedule and other requirements of our contract with the Corps, we moved on to parties who could.

Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.

He will be spending the holidays with the troops.

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

If you go in as an American outsider, Mister Moneybags, and say 'I want to build you a school,' the local people will have no incentive to work on the project smartly or economically.