New john wooden biography

A provocative and revelatory new biography of the legendary UCLA coach John Wooden, by one of America's top college basketball writers.
Coach John Wooden was named The Greatest Coach Ever by Sporting News and Coach of the Century by ESPN.
John Robert Wooden (October 14, 1910 – June 4, 2010) was an American basketball coach and player.

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The John Wooden Pyramid of Success

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Trade paperback, 480 pages. John Wooden, owner of many unequaled and mostly unapproachable records, coached the legendary UCLA basketball teams to ten national championships between 1963 and 1975. He is without question the best coach in the history of collegiate basketball. His accomplishments on the court alone make him a fascinating person. But Coach Wooden is much morea philosopher and creator of the Pyramid of Success, which is a plain-spoken guide to achieving success that is packed with good, honest common sense. The Pyramid of Success is about balance and love--what Wooden says are the two most important ingredients in a person--and how to nurture those attributes in one¹s self and others.

In this authorized Wooden biography, you will find the wisdom of this extraordinary man. Wooden has allowed rare access to members of his family--brothers, children and grandchildren who for the first time take you into his home life--as well as superstar athletes (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Bill Walton, Willie Naulls, Walt Haz

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John Wooden

1910–2010

Who Was John Wooden?

John Wooden was an All-American guard at Purdue University. After stints as a high school coach and teacher, he took over as head basketball coach at University of California, Los Angeles in 1948 and led the Bruins to a record 10 national championships. The first person to be inducted to the Basketball Hall of Fame as a player and coach, Wooden died in Los Angeles on June 4, 2010.

Quick Facts

FULL NAME: John Robert Wooden
BORN: October 14, 1910
DIED: June 4, 2010
BIRTHPLACE: Hall, Indiana
SPOUSE: Nellie “Nell” Riley (1932–1985)
CHILDREN: James and Nancy
ASTROLOGICAL SIGN: Libra

Early Life and College Career

Basketball coach John Robert Wooden was born on October 14, 1910, in Martinsville, Indiana. He was one of six children born to parents Hugh and Roxie Wooden. His upbringing on a farm in Centerton with no electricity and little money instilled a strong work ethic, but Wooden also found time for fun by playing basketball in a barn with his three brothers.

After graduating eighth grade, Wooden received a piece of paper from h

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They Call Me Coach

February 10, 2017

A truly inspirational book by a truly inspirational man. Coach Wooden coached 17 seasons at Indiana and UCLA before winning a championship - and then he won 10 out of the next 12! He is one of the greatest coaches ever, and Reading his book gives some great insights into his philosophy.

My only criticism of the book is that I think he spent too much time comparing his players, and answering questions like "who was your greatest player". I guess he got those questions a lot, but it didn't add much for me.

One of his top values was conditioning. He thought games were often or largely out of his control as a coach, but what was in his control was how conditioned his team was, and he made a point to have the best conditioned team out there. In fact, he often refused to call timeouts in key situations, banking on his teams conditioning down the stretch. As he said, "ninety percent of the time the game will be decided in the last 5 minutes", and of course the better conditioned team will make less mistakes in that time.

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