A Quote by John Wooden

Success may result in winning, but winning does not necessarily mean you are a success.

John Wooden

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

When your team does well and you're winning then everyone has success from that. You see that with all Cup-winning teams. Those guys end up having long careers.

Brad Marchand

Success is not winning the World Cup. It may be a goal in your mind but success is having a team that is improving all the time.

Berti Vogts

I picture success and winning. The body has a physical response to mental images of winning.

Randy Couture

Perpetuating success or sliding into decline is the result of many intersecting forces that reinforce one another directly and indirectly. They are both cause and effect of winning or losing. Winning generates positive forces, losing generates negative forces.

Rosabeth Moss Kanter

I have two definitions of success - one on the basketball court and one in my personal life. In basketball, success means making my teammates better, winning basketball games and winning championships. In my personal life, success means being a good father to my sons and raising them to be strong men; taking care of my family and being a good friend; and using my influence to make a difference in the community.

Dwyane Wade

Success on one project does not necessarily mean success in the next project. You've got to be prepared in everything you do.

Helmut Jahn

Success is not achieved by winning all the time. Real success comes when we rise after we fall.

Muhammad Ali

What does "success" mean to you? Was Mother Teresa a "success"? Was your favorite teacher a "success"? Were your parents, grandparents, your pastor, your best friends a "success"? Success is as personal as a fingerprint or DNA; you must define it for yourself.

Bob Teague

Success is a result of consistent practice of winning skills and actions. There is nothing miraculous about the process. There is no luck involved.

Bill Russell

Winning races and winning consistently is going to open opportunities. Guys who have that ability and are consistent in it are the ones you see have success for years and years.

Chase Elliott

...in my book success and winning are not always the same thing. To me, success is playing - or working - to the best of your ability.

Joe Torre

If you can improve your franchise, even if you're doing well, you're going to make that move. You just are - at least I am. It's about winning and winning the right way and trying to sustain success over a large period of time.

Jim Irsay

Severe opposition is a measure of success (because) one inevitable result of winning a majority change in consciousness is a backlash from those forces whose power depended on the old one.

Gloria Steinem

...I don't have concrete plans for the future. I just think of success and keep a successful attitude. Success is 99 percent preparation. If you set yourself up for winning, rarely will you fail.

Peter James

Success is not a sometimes thing. In other words, you don't do what is right once in awhile, but all the time. Success is a habit. Winning is a habit.