“A coach is someone who can give correction without causing resentment.”
A booster of UCLA Gymnastics, Coach Wooden is dead at age-99.
In 2009, John R. Wooden was named The Sporting News “Greatest Coach of All Time”
Not many would dare argue.
John Wooden was the coaches coach. A purist.
Seven Point Creed
John Wooden’s Seven Point Creed, given to him by his father Joshua upon his graduation from grammar school:
Be true to yourself.
Make each day your masterpiece.
Help others.
Drink deeply from good books, especially the Bible.
Make friendship a fine art.
Build a shelter against a rainy day.
Pray for guidance and give thanks for your blessings every day.Wooden also authored a lecture and a book about the Pyramid of Success. The Pyramid of Success consists of philosophical building blocks for winning at basketball and at life. In his later years he has been hired by corporations to deliver inspirational lectures and even appeared in commercials for Hartford Insurance and the NCAA. It is generally known that he received lecture fees that exceeded the salaries he was paid as a coach. Wooden proudly claimed that these late in life windfalls allowed him to set up education accounts for all of his grandchildren. In a 2009 interview, John Wooden described himself politically as a “liberal democrat,” who had voted for some republican presidential candidates.”
Among Wooden’s maxims:
Failing to prepare is preparing to fail.
Flexibility is the key to stability.
Be quick, but don’t hurry.
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LA Times – John Wooden’s pyramid stands test of time
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