Quotes on Ucla

Adversity is the state in which man most easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then.

Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.

Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be.

It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.

Winning takes talent; to repeat takes character.

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.

Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability.

Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.

Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.

After two years at UCLA, I decided to leave. I was convinced that no amount of education would help a black man get a job.

When I was in college at UCLA, I took a playwriting course. I was all set to be a writer. But I had to take this acting class as a theater arts major. I had to do this scene in a one-act comedy. I just said this line, and then... this laugh happened. I thought, 'Whoa. This is a really good feeling. What have I been missing?'

Al was already a legend when I got to campus. You wanted to play for the best? You went to UCLA to play for Al Scates.

The main ingredient of stardom is the rest of the team.

What you are as a person is far more important than what you are as a basketball player.

I believe it’s impossible to claim you have taught, when there are students who have not learned. With that commitment, from my first year as an English teacher until my last as UCLA basketball teacher/coach, I was determined to make the effort to become the best teacher I could possibly be, not for my sake, but for all those who were placed under my supervision.

Never did I want to call the first time-out during a game. Never. I wanted UCLA to come out and run our opponents so hard that they would be forced to call the first time-out just to catch their breath. At that first time-out the opponents would know, and we would know that they knew, who was in better condition. This has a psychological impact.

It wasn't until I was 14 and watched the 1976 Olympic games on television that I really started to dream about the big time. I remember seeing Evelyn Ashford in the 100 meters, and she was going to UCLA.

Happiness begins where selfishness ends.