Adversity is the state in which man mostly easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then.

Quote by John Wooden

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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...

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

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

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,...

There are many things that are essential to arriving at true peace of mind, and...

There are many things that are essential to arriving at true peace of mind, and...

Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be.

Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be.

Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts.

Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts.

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...

Winning takes talent, to repeat takes character.

Winning takes talent, to repeat takes character.

It isn't what you do, but how you do it.

It isn't what you do, but how you do it.

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

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

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

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

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...

Winning takes talent, to repeat takes character.

Winning takes talent, to repeat takes character.

I'd rather have a lot of talent and a little experience than a lot of...

I'd rather have a lot of talent and a little experience than a lot of...

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...

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

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

Young people need models, not critics

Young people need models, not critics

Youth is when you're allowed to stay up late on New Year's Eve. Middle age...

Youth is when you're allowed to stay up late on New Year's Eve. Middle age...

To me it seems that youth is like spring, an over-praised season delightful if it...

To me it seems that youth is like spring, an over-praised season delightful if it...

I think I don't regret a single 'excess' of my responsive youth-I only regret, in...

I think I don't regret a single 'excess' of my responsive youth-I only regret, in...