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
A player who makes a team great is much more valuable than a great player.
Not only was he fundamentally sound, but I liked his attitude. He was competitive, yet a gentleman in his play. I thought they played just wonderful basketball.
If you get caught up in things over which you have no control, it will adverselyaffect those things over which you have control.
Being selected for the McDonald's All American Games is one of the greatest accomplishments in a basketball player's career. Not only will these youth contribute to the list of the best basketball players of all-time, but they will aid in raising money for a very important cause.
But he passed him a long time ago in losses, You shouldn't pit those two against each other. Both are very good coaches.
I liked quickness very much and Pete had it. And I really liked his acceptance of the role he had. He didn't get to play nearly as much as he expected to when he came, but he accepted it.
I never wanted a championship as much as I did that first one, ... After the first one in 1964, the titles seemed to come in droves. I also think I became a better coach after winning that first championship. I still continued to emphasize winning the conference, but I became a better tournament coach, putting less pressure on the players.
It has to be a team concept. It isn't an individual game.
That's good, Bill. I admire people who have strong beliefs and stick by them. I really do. We're going to miss you.
Don't let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.
Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but what you should have accomplished with your ability.
Things turn out best for people who make the best out of the way things turn out
They're going to film it out at my place and show it during the weekend.
Absolutely, ... One of the things I used to say is there is absolutely no excuse for a good offensive man to not be a good defensive man. You have to be committed to it.