Ucla Quotes

• When I originally entered UCLA, I had planned to go for a film major, but I kept finding myself taking math classes for fun, 'cause I missed them from high school!

  Danica McKellar

  Fun, School, Math

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Growing up, my parents were very, very strict. And then I went to UCLA with John Wooden, who was just off the charts.

  Bill Walton

  Basketball, Growing Up, Parent

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• And one of my other friends could not believe in God if he came down and tapped her on the shoulder. She's a biologist - a student at UCLA - and I don't judge her either, because I really believe that God is a personal opinion, and only that

  Amber Tamblyn

  Friends, Believe, Personal Opinions

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• By the end of an intense four years at UCLA, I had co-authored a new math proof, which the media, in fact, loved. As it turned out, math itself blazed my entry back into the spotlight and consequently into wonderful acting jobs like 'The West Wing' and others. You just never know, do you?

  Danica McKellar

  Jobs, Math, Media

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• I got involved when I was a graduate student at UCLA when UCLA was the first site on the net.

  Jon Postel

  Firsts, Students, Graduates

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• I took a break from acting for four years to get a degree in mathematics at UCLA, and during that time I had the rare opportunity to actually do research as an undergraduate. And myself and two other people co-authored a new theorem: Percolation and Gibbs States Multiplicity for Ferromagnetic Ashkin-Teller Models on Two Dimensions, or Z2.

  Danica McKellar

  Opportunity, Years, Two

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

  John Wooden

  Inspirational, Life, Change

  John Wooden (2013). “Quotes from Coach John Wooden: Winning with Principle”, p.102, B&H Publishing Group

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• My goal in life is to enjoy what I do, and never to look back and say I wish I would have done that.

  Mila Kunis

  Goal, Wish, Looks

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

  John Wooden

  Motivational, Inspiring, Graduation

  John Wooden (2013). “Quotes from Coach John Wooden: Winning with Principle”, p.160, B&H Publishing Group

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• I talk about acting to students making the transition from high school to UCLA. Kids going into this profession really need to know the reality of it.

  Loni Anderson

  School, Kids, Reality

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  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.

  John Wooden

  Inspirational, Success, Basketball

  John Wooden, Jack Tobin, Bill Walton (2004). “They Call Me Coach”, McGraw Hill Professional

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

  John Wooden

  Life, Motivational, Positive

  Fellowship of Christian Athletes, John Wooden (2010). “The Greatest Coach Ever: Timeless Wisdom and Insights of John Wooden”, p.101, Gospel Light Publications

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

  John Wooden

  Life, Basketball, Motivational Sports

  John Wooden (2013). “Quotes from Coach John Wooden: Winning with Principle”, p.29, B&H Publishing Group

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

  John Wooden

  Leadership, Basketball, Teamwork

  John Wooden (2013). “Quotes from Coach John Wooden: Winning with Principle”, p.63, B&H Publishing Group

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• Discipline yourself, and others won't need to.

  John Wooden

  Basketball, Discipline, Preparation

  John Wooden (2013). “Quotes from Coach John Wooden: Winning with Principle”, p.52, B&H Publishing Group

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• Don't let making a living prevent you from making a life.

  John Wooden

  Life, Career Change, Making A Living

  Fellowship of Christian Athletes, John Wooden (2010). “The Greatest Coach Ever: Timeless Wisdom and Insights of John Wooden”, p.24, Regal

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• My mom and dad met at UCLA when he as a captain in the Air Force and she was in her junior year.

  Tracy Austin

  Mom, Dad, Air

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• At the very top state institutions, like UCLA, Berkeley and the University of Texas, however, the trend of downward minority enrollment remains persistent and discouraging.

  Adam Schiff

  Uc Berkeley, Texas, Minorities

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• Then I went to UCLA - so of course I became a huge Bruin basketball fan... and later came to football.

  Leigh Steinberg

  Basketball, Football, Fans

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• Consider the rights of others before your own feelings, and the feelings of others before your own rights.

  John Wooden

  Life, Volleyball, Compassion

  John Wooden (2013). “Quotes from Coach John Wooden: Winning with Principle”, p.163, B&H Publishing Group

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• I was studying acting, going to UCLA, selling real estate on the weekends

  Burt Ward

  Real, Weekend, Acting

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

  John Wooden

  Basketball, Beautiful, God

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

  John Wooden

  Life, Adversity, Men

  John Wooden (2013). “Quotes from Coach John Wooden: Winning with Principle”, p.162, B&H Publishing Group

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• If you're not making mistakes, then you're not doing anything. I'm positive that a doer makes mistakes.

  John Wooden

  Life, Positive, Basketball

  "The Wizard's wisdom: 'Woodenisms'", www.espn.com. June 4, 2010.

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• You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one.

  John Wooden

  Inspirational, Basketball, Motivational Sports

  "The Wizard's wisdom: 'Woodenisms'", www.espn.com. June 4, 2010.

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