John Wooden Portrait

"It's what you learn after you know it all that counts."

— John Wooden

Its What You Learn After You

It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.

— John Wooden

About this quote

This observation appears in They Call Me Coach (1972). Wooden was a voracious reader and lifelong learner who believed that intellectual humility — the recognition that one's current understanding is always incomplete — was the precondition for genuine improvement. He applied the idea equally to basketball strategy and personal development, and it became one of the central maxims he shared with his UCLA players.

Source

They Call Me Coach, 1972