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

Quote by John Wooden

Topics: Ability Quotes, Funny Quotes

Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you...

Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you...

Sports do not build character. They reveal it.

Sports do not build character. They reveal it.

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

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

Material possessions, winning scores, and great reputations are meaningless in the eyes of the Lord,...

Material possessions, winning scores, and great reputations are meaningless in the eyes of the Lord,...

Don't mistake activity with achievement.

Don't mistake activity with achievement.

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

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

Winning takes talent, to repeat takes character.

Winning takes talent, to repeat takes character.

Ability is a poor man's wealth.

Ability is a poor man's wealth.

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

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

Young people need models, not critics

Young people need models, not critics

Winning takes talent, to repeat takes character.

Winning takes talent, to repeat takes character.

If I were ever prosecuted for my religion, I truly hope there would be enough...

If I were ever prosecuted for my religion, I truly hope there would be enough...

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

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

What you are as a person is far more important that what you are as...

What you are as a person is far more important that what you are as...

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you...

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you...

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

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

Ability is a poor man's wealth.

Ability is a poor man's wealth.

I always felt that my greatest asset was not my physical ability, it was my...

I always felt that my greatest asset was not my physical ability, it was my...

The ability to express an idea is well nigh as important as the idea itself.

The ability to express an idea is well nigh as important as the idea itself.

Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over.

Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over.