Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court

Winners Make the Most Mistakes

My coach at Purdue, Piggy Lambert, constantly reminded us: “The team that makes the most mistakes will probably win.”

That may sound a bit odd, but there is a great deal of truth in it. The doer makes mistakes. Coach Lambert taught me that mistakes come from doing, but so does success.

The individual who is mistake-free is also probably sitting around doing nothing. And that’s a very big mistake.