OT: Coach Wooden (October 14, 1910 – June 4, 2010)
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OT: Coach Wooden (October 14, 1910 – June 4, 2010)
For those not familiar with Coach Wooden... to say he was a phenomenal person would not do him enough justice.
I thought it appropriate to share a bit about him and his AMAZING values... and I think you'll understand why.
May he rest in peace.
YouTube - John Wooden: Coaching for people, not points 17 minute video... well worth watching.
Here are some great Woodenisms:
"Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out."
"Never mistake activity for achievement."
"Adversity is the state in which man mostly easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then."
"Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.
"Be prepared and be honest."
"What you are as a person is far more important that what you are as a basketball player."
"Winning takes talent, to repeat takes character."
"If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?"
"If you're not making mistakes, then you're not doing anything. I'm positive that a doer makes mistakes."
"It isn't what you do, but how you do it."
"Ability is a poor man's wealth."
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." (Love this one!)
"Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do." (Love this one too!)
"Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability."
"It's not so important who starts the game but who finishes it."
"It's what you learn after you know it all that counts."
"It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen."
"Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful."
"Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming." (Awesome!)
"Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts."
I thought it appropriate to share a bit about him and his AMAZING values... and I think you'll understand why.
May he rest in peace.
YouTube - John Wooden: Coaching for people, not points 17 minute video... well worth watching.
V for victory, values
Shannon Ryan, Chicago Tribune
There are coaches in every sport today who extol the values of education, who apply the words character and family to their team.
Some talk about values. John Wooden exemplified them like no other coach.
He was a fierce competitor and a master of winning, a legacy none has touched in those departments. But Wooden executed his UCLA teams to perfection with humble deliveries and through positive motivation, reaching into young men's hearts, touching their minds and setting standards that made them better people.
Wooden, who died at age 99 on Friday, will never be forgotten for his 10 national championships and an unmatched streak of seven in a row from 1967 to 1973. But he has reached far more people through his words of wisdom, applicable to anyone wanting to achieve success, from a T-ball coach to a CEO.
Intensity and team work are buzzwords for many coaches. But how many coaches also stress friendship, class and self-control?
If everyone followed Wooden's pyramid of success and 12 lessons in leadership, yes, the basketball one, every campus would be pretty good.
But imagine what a world we would live in.
Shannon Ryan, Chicago Tribune
There are coaches in every sport today who extol the values of education, who apply the words character and family to their team.
Some talk about values. John Wooden exemplified them like no other coach.
He was a fierce competitor and a master of winning, a legacy none has touched in those departments. But Wooden executed his UCLA teams to perfection with humble deliveries and through positive motivation, reaching into young men's hearts, touching their minds and setting standards that made them better people.
Wooden, who died at age 99 on Friday, will never be forgotten for his 10 national championships and an unmatched streak of seven in a row from 1967 to 1973. But he has reached far more people through his words of wisdom, applicable to anyone wanting to achieve success, from a T-ball coach to a CEO.
Intensity and team work are buzzwords for many coaches. But how many coaches also stress friendship, class and self-control?
If everyone followed Wooden's pyramid of success and 12 lessons in leadership, yes, the basketball one, every campus would be pretty good.
But imagine what a world we would live in.
"Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out."
"Never mistake activity for achievement."
"Adversity is the state in which man mostly easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then."
"Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.
"Be prepared and be honest."
"What you are as a person is far more important that what you are as a basketball player."
"Winning takes talent, to repeat takes character."
"If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?"
"If you're not making mistakes, then you're not doing anything. I'm positive that a doer makes mistakes."
"It isn't what you do, but how you do it."
"Ability is a poor man's wealth."
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." (Love this one!)
"Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do." (Love this one too!)
"Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability."
"It's not so important who starts the game but who finishes it."
"It's what you learn after you know it all that counts."
"It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen."
"Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful."
"Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming." (Awesome!)
"Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts."
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"Adversity is the state in which man mostly easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then."
He sounds like a wise and kind man who lived well, and who will be missed.
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