John Wooden Effort Quotations

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

The Good Lord in his infinite wisdom, did not create us all equal when it comes to size, strength, appearance, or various aptitudes. But success is not being better than someone else, success is the peace of mind that is a direct result of self-satisfacti on in knowing that you gave your best effort to become the best of which you are capable.

Give me 100 percent. You can't make up for a poor effort today by giving 110 percent tomorrow. You don't have 110 percent. You only have 100 percent, and that's what I want from you right now.

Don't permit fear of failure to prevent effort. We are all imperfect and will fail on occasions, but fear of failure is the greatest failure of all.

We don’t have to be superstars or win championships…. All we have to do is learn to rise to every occasion, give our best effort, and make those around us better as we do it.

Each of us must make the effort to contribute to the best of our ability according to our individual talents. And then we put all the individual talents together for the highest good of the group. Understanding that the good of the group comes first is fundamental to being a highly productive member of a team.

Goals achieved with little effort are seldom worthwhile or lasting.

You may be better than the rest, but you are not a success until you have made the effort to become the best you can be.

Remember, results aren't the criteria for success — it's the effort made for achievement that is most important.

The score will take care of itself when you take care of the effort that precedes the score.

Climb the mountain so you can see the world, not so the world can see you. Focus all your effort on what is in your power to control.

Don't permit fear of failure to prevent effort.

When you give total effort - everything you have - the score can never make you a loser. And when you do less, it can't somehow magically turn you into a winner.

Success is a personal matter - only you as an individual can tell if you did everything within your power to give your best effort

Strive to accomplish the very best you are capable of. Nothing less than your best effort will suffice.

Acquire peace of mind by making the effort to become the best of which you are capable.

Goals should be difficult to achieve because those achieved with little effort are seldom appreciated, give little personal satisfaction, and are often not very worthwhile. There is a price to be paid for achieving anything of significance.