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
John Wooden quotes about
The team that makes the most mistakes usually wins, because doers make mistakes
Conditioning is essential to success in basketball.
Do passing drills that come from your offense.
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.
For an athlete to function properly, he must be intent. There has to be a definite purpose and goal if you are to progress. If you are not intent about what you are doing, you aren't able to resist the temptation to do something else that might be more fun at the moment.
You cannot attain and maintain physical condition unless you are morally and mentally conditioned. And it is impossible to be in moral condition unless you are spiritually conditioned. I always told my players that our team condition depended on two factors / how hard they worked on the floor during practice and how well they behaved between practices.
Helping others is perhaps the greatest joy! You cannot have a perfect day without helping others with no thought of getting something in return.
The team with the most talent usually wins.
Winning games, titles and championships isn't all it's cracked up to be, but getting there, the journey, is a lot more than it's cracked up to be.
As a leader, you will receive a large amount of praise and criticism and you should not unduly affected by either.
The star of the team IS the team. 'We' supercedes 'me'.
When you hurry you're more apt to make mistakes. But you have to be quick. If you're not quick you can't get things done.
Rest when you need to, but never quit.
I found golf was too time consuming, but I did enjoy it.