John Wooden

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.

You can't live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you.

If I am through learning, I am through.

A free life cannot acquire many possessions, because this is not easy to do without servility to mobs or monarchs.

Most of my work has no conventional narrative, so it's not essential to have a beginning and an end - your attention can flow in and out of the experience rather than having a set entry point.