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
Understand there is a price to be paid for achieving anything of significance. You must be willing to pay the price.
Passion is momentary; love is enduring.
I've been blessed in so many ways.
You get ideas across better through listening and the pat-on-the-back method than you do with a kick on the pants.
Love is the most powerful four letter word.
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.
Be observing constantly. Stay open-minded. Be eager to learn and improve.
If you stay intent and your ability warrants it, you will eventually reach the top of the mountain.
My assistants and I often would spend more time planning a practice than the actual practice itself
Good players can take coaching; great players can take coaching and learn.
Next to love, balance is the most important thing.
I never let our players get satisfied, I never let our Coaches get satisfied, I was never satisfied. We can always do it better.
A player who makes a team great is better than a great player.
Our land is everything to us.... I will tell you one of the things we remember on our land. We remember that our grandfathers paid for it - with their lives.