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  • Wooden on Leadership
  • My Personal Best: Life Lessons From an All-American Journey
  • They Call Me Coach
  • WOODEN: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections
  • The Wisdom of Wooden
  • Inch and Miles: The Journey to Success
  • WOODEN: Values, Victory, Peace of Mind
  • The Essential Wooden
  • Coach Wooden's Leadership Game Plan for Success
  • Practical Modern Basketball

America’s Favorite Coach Wooden Quotes

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  • "Failing to prepare is preparing to fail."

  • "Good values attract good people."

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

  • "Condition your team to love the struggle."

  • "If you let your emotions take over you'll be outplayed."

"Success
is peace of
mind which is a
direct result of
self-satisfaction in
knowing you made the
effort to become the best you
are capable of becoming."

- John Wooden