約翰伍登格言
"Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out."
"Never mistake activity for achievement."
"Adversity is the state in which man mostly easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then."
"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."
"Be prepared and be honest."
"Be quick, but don't hurry."
"You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one."
"You can't live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you."
"What you are as a person is far more important than what you are as a basketball player."
"Winning takes talent; to repeat takes character."
"A coach is someone who can give correction without causing resentment."
"I'd rather have a lot of talent and a little experience than a lot of experience and a little talent."
"If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?"
"If you're not making mistakes, then you're not doing anything. I'm positive that a doer makes mistakes."
"It isn't what you do, but how you do it."
"Ability is a poor man's wealth."
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be."
"Consider the rights of others before your own feelings and the feelings of others before your own rights."
"Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do."
"Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability."
"It's not so important who starts the game but who finishes it."
"It's what you learn after you know it all that counts."
"It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen."
"Talent is God-given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful."
"The main ingredient of stardom is the rest of the team."
"Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming."
"Success is never final; failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts."
伍登教練的成功金字塔
第一層
1)勤奮:成功的旅程依靠的是努力的工作,沒有任何的捷徑;
2)友誼:努力打造一支充滿同誌之愛和互相尊重的團隊:戰友般的情誼;
3)忠誠:對自己忠誠,對那些跟隨你的人也要忠誠;
4)合作:專注於什麼是正確的,而不是誰是正確的;
5)熱忱:你的能量、喜悅、動力和奉獻將會激勵和鼓舞你身邊的人。
第二層
1)自控:控制你的組織源於你對自己的掌控,要有紀律和條理;
2)察覺:保持對外界的觀察和感覺,要經常嘗試提升自己和自己的團隊;
3)進取:做出你的決定!無法行動通常是所有事情中最大的失敗;
4)專注:保持在前行的路線上,受到阻礙時,再嘗試一次;再努力一點,再明智一些。堅定不移的努力。
第三層
1)決定:天賦可能使你達到頂峰,但你的性格才決定你是否可以保持在最佳狀態:精神的、道德的和身體的;
2)技巧:在學到一些東西後,一個領袖(你)最終掌握的才是最重要的;
3)團隊精神:團隊才是隊伍裡最大的明星,“我們”遠比“我”重要;
第四層
1)沉著:做你自己。不要被外界所左右,不論對你有利還是不利;
2)自信:最堅硬的鋼鐵(這裡比喻人)是由充分的理由和無與倫比的信心所鍛造的;
第五層
1)競爭的傑出成就:需要做到最好時一定要做到最好,而你每天都需要做到最好。
左邊斜邊下至上依次是:雄心、適應性、智謀、奮鬥、信念;
右邊斜邊下至上依次是:坦率、真誠、可靠、正直、耐心。