A biography for John Woodenhasn’t been written yet.
“יכולת יכולה להביא אותך לשיא אבל דרוש אופי כדי להישאר שם.”
“You can't live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you.”
“Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability.”
“I don't believe in fate.”
“It's not so important who starts the game but who finishes it.”
“I like to spend time in the past, with the things that have been important to me.”
“Defense is a definite part of the game, and a great part of defense is learning to play it without fouling.”
“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 do it over?”
“It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.”
“You can lose when you outscore somebody in a game. And you can win when you're outscored.”
“Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.”
“Love is the most important thing in the world. Hate, we should remove from the dictionary.”
“Don't mistake activity with achievement.”
“Consider the rights of others before your own feelings, and the feelings of others before your own rights.”
“I think you have to be what you are. Don't try to be somebody else. You have to be yourself at all times.”
“What you are as a person is far more important than what you are as a basketball player.”
“I'm not going to say I was opposed to the Vietnam War. I'm going to say I'm opposed to war. But I'm also opposed to protests that deny other people their rights.”
“Adversity is the state in which man most easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then.”
“Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who'll argue with you.”