John Wooden Hard Quotations

Hardship brings people closer together if you share it.

Success is mine when I work my hardest to become my best, and I alone determine whether I do so.

Stay the course. When thwarted try again; harder; smarter. Persevere relentlessly.

You have to work hard, and you have to enjoy what you're doing. If you don't enjoy it, no matter how hard you seem to work, you're not going to be working as hard as you can because you're not enjoying it.

One of the greatest motivating factors is the pat on the back, although with some individuals, you have to make the pat a little lower or a little harder.

We almost have to force or drive ourselves to work hard if we are to reach our potential. If we don't enjoy what we do, we won't be able to push as hard as we need to push for as long as we need to push to achieve our best. However, if we enjoy what we do and if we're enthusiastic about it, we'll do it better and come closer to becoming the best we can be.

Before success comes patience... when we add to our accomplishments the element of hard work over a long period of time, we'll place a far greater value on the outcome. When we are patient, we'll have a greater appreciation of our success.

How hard you work at correcting your faults reveals your character.

The two hardest things to handle in life are failure and success.

Success travels in the company of very hard work. There is no trick, no easy way.

There is no substitute for work. Worthwhile results come from hard work and careful planning.

Mix idealism with realism and add hard work. This will often bring much more than you could ever hope for.

Condition comes from hard work during practice and proper mental and moral conduct between practices.

Opponents are working very hard to defeat us. Let's not do it for them by defeating ourselves from within.

There is no substitute for hard work. If you're looking for the easy way, if you're looking for the trick, you might get by for a while, but you will not be developing the talents that lie within you. There is simply no substitute for work.

If you spend too much time learning the 'tricks' of the trade, you may not learn the trade. There are no shortcuts. If you're working on finding a short cut, the easy way, you're not working hard enough on the fundamentals. You may get away with it for a spell, but there is no substitute for the basics. And the first basic is good, old fashioned hard work.