“...literacy is as vital as food, security, limiting population growth, and control of the environment.Education, after all, is the one issue that affects every other one. I think of it in the same way as dropping a pebble into a pond and getting a ripple effect. Educated people make more money and are more likely to escape poverty. Educated parents raise healthier children....The list goes on, just as ripples in a body of water emanate outward.”
John Wood“There is a choice you have to make in everything you do. So keep in mind that in the end, the choice you make, makes you.”
John Wooden“We can have no progress without change, whether it be basketball or anything else.”
John Wooden“All of life is peaks and valleys. Don't let the peaks get too high and the valleys too low.”
John Wooden“Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who'll argue with you.”
John Wooden“It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.”
John Wooden“I think permitting the game to become too physical takes away a little bit of the beauty.”
John Wooden“There's as much crookedness as you want to find. There was something Abraham Lincoln said - he'd rather trust and be disappointed than distrust and be miserable all the time. Maybe I trusted too much.”
John Wooden