John Wooden Quotes

If you have one foot in yesterday and one foot in tomorrow, you're pissing all over today.

Every man's life lies within the present; for the past is spent and done with, and the future is uncertain.

There's only one day at a time here, then it's tonight and then tomorrow will be today again.

Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.

I always talked to my players about today. It's the only day that matters.

There is no future, there is no past. I live this moment as my last. There's only us, there's only this. Forget regret, or life is yours to miss. No other road, no other way, no day but today.

Knowing the future is difficult, controlling the future is impossible. Knowing today is essential; controlling today is possible.

The past is dead. Tomorrow will become whatever decision you make it. ~ Acheron.

It is not the weight of the future or the past that is pressing upon you, but ever that of the present alone. Even this burden, too, can be lessened if you confine it strictly to its own limits.

You can’t do anything about yesterday, and the only way to improve tomorrow is by what you do right now.

I don't know my future. I don't know about tomorrow. I can just control for today or present, right now. I don't want to think about future too much, because present is most important for me.

You live in the present and you eliminate things that don't matter. You don't carry the burden of the past.

It is the first day because it has never been before and the last day because it will never be again. Be alive, if you can, all through this day - today - of your life. What's to be done? What's to be done? Follow your feet. Put on the coffee. Start the orange juice, the bacon, the toast. Then go wake up your children and your spouse. Think about the work of your hands. Live in the needs of the day.

I believe in one day at a time; you've got TODAY, that's what you' ve got.

Let us not worry about the future. Let us only do the right thing Today, At this moment, Here and now. Let the future take care of itself.

To quote the Tsalagi, you should never allow your yesterday to use up too much of today. The past is gone and tomorrow is at best a maybe. Live for this moment because it may be all you'll ever have.

Well, the past is gone, I know that. The future isn't here yet, whatever it's going to be. So, all there is, is this. The present. That's it.

No yesterdays are ever wasted for those who give themselves to today.

You have to live in the present; not on memories.

I live in the present; there is nothing more important than that.

Past and future have no power over you. Just the present - and even that can be minimized.

Finally it has penetrated my thick skull. This life-this moment-is no dress rehearsal. This is it.

Forget the past. You can never predict what the future is going to be. Live for the moment.

Concentration is the magic key that opens the door to accomplishment.