Various English teachers, Mrs. Phillips and Miss French and many of them I remember very well. You’re more susceptible to blisters. Let us know if you have suggestions to improve this article (requires login). I knew they were doing this and I also knew they were kids and I knew that they were going to test me. Wooden remained an influential figure on the sidelines of the game even after losing Riley to cancer in 1985. You’d like for them to think well of you, but it really doesn’t make any difference. I knew him once, At the time, the team was considered the weakest in the Pacific conference. His record of accomplishment remains unmatched. As a teacher, you see that. But I didn’t like that way of judging any more than I like the way they judge athletic coaches and teams. I think it brings you together more. If they didn’t get an A or a B, in one way or another, maybe subtly, they would make the youngster or the teacher feel that they had failed. If you have a rule, back it up. In a way, not probably connected exactly with this but some other things, when Socrates was falsely imprisoned, facing imminent and unjust death, he was at ease. He graduated with honors and a degree in English after winning the College Basketball Player of the Year Award and Purdue was voted national champions in 1932. He received the Reagan Distinguished American Award in 1995 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2003, and co-wrote multiple books with Steve Jamison after turning 90. There was such tranquility about him that his jailers who were mean, mean, maybe the meanest people of the day. Coach believed you could not antagonize and teach at the same time. You’ll find in moving higher up the laurel covered spire, That shows that they are. Whether you did really or not, you like to feel, maybe I helped them a little. Could you coach now in the same way that you did earlier in your career? To him, you can’t make them all.” But he didn’t expect to miss, because he’s a good shooter. We didn’t have it. I don’t think I was destined to be a teacher, no. There was a snowstorm and Minnesota couldn’t call you and UCLA did. I’ve had many fans while I was coaching, say to me now, “Of course, I don’t know anything about basketball, but…” And then, they’d start telling you what you’re doing wrong, or why aren’t you doing this, or why aren’t you doing that. The team went to the state championship three years running, and won it twice. You don’t worry so much about the other fellow. You work harder. By the standards of the Basketball Hall of Fame, his own success was unprecedented. This is not an easy question, but what does the American Dream mean to you? Provide your name, email address, and click “Send Me The FREE Course” to immediately get access to this free digital program filled with Coach Wooden’s wisdom. But, while we were on the farm, we had no running water and no electricity and practically everything we ate, we grew. Don’t expect privileges at all, in any way. John Wooden, in full John Robert Wooden, byname Wizard of Westwood, (born October 14, 1910, Hall, Indiana, U.S.—died June 4, 2010, Los Angeles, California), American basketball coach who directed teams of the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) to 10 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) championships in 12 seasons (1964–65, 1967–73, 1975). I hear comments like “Well, he didn’t want to play.” I think they all want to play. We had an 11-point lead in the middle of the second half and got tied. “If you don’t have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?” – John … Later, I started working on my pyramid. You may be talented and you may be better than somebody else, but if it’s not near your own particular level of competency, you’re not really succeeding. Fourteen minutes and I’m not going to have either one of you two if you don’t get up there. “You take us all or you don’t take any.” Then we’d go someplace else and get some things and take out. He taught us to find a source of motivation to inspire us to ever higher levels of preparation and work.” — Bill Walton. Or eat the food their hands will grow.” I think there’s such a thing as being in the right place at the right time, but I don’t think that’s destiny. I often use verse to make a point. But we had a grade school team and we played some other grade schools from around the area. The first time I heard it was from my Dad. Do you think there’s anything you could have done differently in that game to have avoided that? Never. Despite the presence on his squad of such towering superstars, Coach Wooden always credited his team’s success to the spirit of selfless teamwork he inculcated in all his players. They weren’t happy with 88. Also, find more articles and videos about Coach Wooden regularly here on TheWoodenEffect.com. We’re not born in the same environments, but we’re all absolutely equal in having the opportunity to make the most of what we have and not comparing or worrying about what others have. What persuaded you to stay? So I think that that must be stressed, because it should be the student athlete, not the athlete student. Updates? It doesn’t make a difference what it is. Most of my players have done well in whatever profession they’ve chosen. In college one year, I had a whole semester of Macbeth and another whole semester of Hamlet. It’s carrying on. I’m far from perfect, but I was blessed to a degree that many others never had. But if you miss out one day, you’ve lost a little bit. One time, he had us define success in class. So which is the most important? No one can do more than that. Don’t howl. That’s why I went there. And there a doctor £75.00. It all leads up, to my way of thinking. The same thing in high school. That’s the reason you’re here. I suppose people today might say it’s hard to believe, but I was an extremely shy person. Join us for the premiere of this free documentary event. “I knew the lad, and he was strong, I don’t say it’s easy to get them to accept their roles, but you’ve got to — in practices, for example — you’ve got to pay attention to the players that aren’t getting to play very much. My seven grandchildren are all grown. That’s hard. So when they came to draw their uniforms, I’ll put them in them the day before practice started.