A Quote by John Wooden

Nobody is defeated until he starts blaming somebody else. My advice to you is don't fix the blame. Fix the problem.

John Wooden

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John Wooden
American - Coach
October 14, 1910 - June 4, 2010

The trouble with most problem-solving books for parents is that they start with the idea that the child has a problem. Then they try to tell us how to fix the child, or else, after blaming the parent, they suggest how we can fix ourselves.

Polly Berrien Berends

Everybody has some responsibility. The point is, how are we going to fix it? And you don't fix it simply by blaming the other guy, or blaming the past.

Dan Coats

Management: First fix the blame. Then fix the problem.

Randall Dale Adams

Losers fix the blame; winners fix what caused the problem.

Denis Waitley

My mom gave me a good piece of advice. She said never marry a man thinking you can change him, and I think that starts from your first date when you're in the seventh grade onwards. Women are fixers so we have to just not fix. Don't fix.

Jennifer Garner

What happens when you have vast legislative overreach is you don't particularly fix the problem you started out to fix but create problems for everyone else.

Carly Fiorina

You'd be amazed how much fun you can have if you get out of your own head. The problem is that now people are only interested in themselves. What we have is a non-voting generation. That's what they should call you guys, the non-voting generation. You think you can't fix anything until you fix yourselves. Well, let me be the first to tell you, you will never fix yourselves. p.32

Stephen Elliott

Nobody is a real loser-until they start blaming somebody else.

John Wooden

The difficult notes are when they say, "And this is how we want you to fix it . . ." Just tell me what the problem is. Just tell me what the issue is, and I'll go off an fix it. It's usually when executives get to a place where they're trying to fix the problem for you that you have issues

Ronald D. Moore

Our task is not to fix blame for the past, but to fix the course for the future.

John F. Kennedy

When a painting problem crops up, don't rush to fix it. You probably already know one way to fix it, but wait for something else to show up... invite the muses to bring you a new solution.

Carole Katchen

Any damage that's been done, you have to fix yourself because it needs fixing and there is nobody else to do the work. Blame may well be justified, but it's not going to move you forward in your life.