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
Nothing can give you greater joy than doing something for another.
Be quick, but don't hurry.
I am not a strategic coach; I am a practice coach.
Conditioning is essential to success in basketball.
We may not be the best conditioned team in the country, but our players think they are.
Do passing drills that come from your offense.
I'd be satisfied just coaching in high school. I turned down a number of colleges when I was teaching in South Bend, Indiana, before I went into the service. I honestly believe that if I hadn't enlisted in the service, I would never have left high school teaching. I'm sure I would have never left.
The greatest ally you have to get things working well and the players performing as a team is the bench. Don't be afraid to use it, either for the star player or anyone else.
I'm not going to say I was opposed to the Vietnam War. I'm going to say I'm opposed to war. But I'm also opposed to protests that deny other people their rights.
Helping others is perhaps the greatest joy! You cannot have a perfect day without helping others with no thought of getting something in return.
I'm no wizard, and I don't like being thought of in that light at all. I think of a wizard as being some sort of magician or something, doing something on the sly or something, and I don't want to be thought of in that way.
Intensity makes you stronger. Emotionalism makes you weaker.
Don't mistake activity with achievement.
Your reputation is what you're perceived to be, Your character is what you really are