A Quote by John Wooden

Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who'll argue with you.

John Wooden

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

Surround yourself with smart, dedicated people - to build something isn't a one-man show. It's more important to have smart people who really believe in what you're doing than really experienced people who may not share your dream.

Niklas Zennstrom

Stupid people surround themselves with smart people. Smart people surround themselves with smart people who disagree with them.

Aaron Sorkin

Surround yourself with people you like and respect; surround yourself with people you just want to be around and keep making things.

Fred Armisen

Surround yourself with really good people. I think that's an important thing. Because the people you surround yourself are a reflection of you.

Aaron Rodgers

Surround yourself with good people, surround yourself with positivity and people who are going to challenge you to make you better.

Ali Krieger

Surround yourself with good people; surround yourself with positivity and people who are going to challenge you to make you better.

Ali Krieger

Whatever you are trying to achieve in life, it is essential that you surround yourself with people who believe that what you seek and what you believe in are not only possible but also very probable.

Chris Prentiss

Always surround yourself with people who are better than you. If you're hanging around bad people, they're going to start bringing you down . . . But, if you surround yourself with good people, they're going to be pulling you up.

Donny Osmond

The most important thing you can do when starting a business is surround yourself with smart people who know a lot more than you do in certain realms.

Lauren Bush

I might not be very smart, but I surround myself with smart people.

Barbara Mandrell

If you surround yourself with the wrong people, if you surround yourself with people that constantly tell you how great you are and never tell you the truth and just tell you what you want to hear, I would imagine it would be very easy to get above yourself.

Johnny Reid

I've been blessed to surround myself with good parents, and good people, and I think that's the secret: Surround yourself with people that are positive influences in your life that want to help and want to care.

Danny Amendola

The way I've always governed my life as far as fiscal policy goes is I'm smart enough to know that I'm dumb about it, so I surround myself with smart people in much the same way a hole surrounds itself with a doughnut. I just pay things off. That's all I do.