John Wooden
John Wooden
John Robert Woodenwas an American basketball player and coach. Nicknamed the "Wizard of Westwood," as head coach at UCLA he won ten NCAA national championships in a 12-year period, including a record seven in a row. No other team has won more than two in a row. Within this period, his teams won a men's basketball-record 88 consecutive games. Wooden was named national coach of the year six times...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth14 October 1910
CountryUnited States of America
It isn't about what you do, but how you do it
It is most difficult, in my mind, to separate any success, whether it be in your profession, your family, or as in my case, in basketball, from religion.
The problem with new is you don't have time for the old ones.
To win once you must have talent, but to win again you must have character.
Dictators lead through fear; good coaches do not.
Good coaching is about leadership and instilling respect in your players. Dictators lead through fear - good coaches do not.
No building is better than its structural foundation, and no man (woman) is better than his (her) mental foundation. When I prepared my original Success Pyramid years ago, I put industriousness and enthusiasm as the two cornerstones with LOYALTY right in the middle of the pyramid - Loyalty to yourself and to all those dependent upon you.
No one can really honestly be the very best, no one.
I was built up from my dad more than anyone else.
I don't believe in fate.
I don't believe in praying to win.
You've never heard of them- and you never will .
When the legs go, the heart soon follows
My philosophy of defense is to keep the pressure on an opponent until you get to his emotions