John Robert Wooden was an American basketball coach and player. Nicknamed "the Wizard of Westwood", he won ten National Collegiate Athletic Association national championships in a 12-year period as head coach for the UCLA Bruins, including a record seven in a row.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wooden ## Notes - [[John Wooden's leadership maxims]] - [[How did you teach your players the fundamentals]] - [[The pyramid of success]] - [[The seven point creed]] ## Quotes - [[Although there is no progress without change, not all change is progress]] - [[A player who makes a team great is better than a great player]] - [[As a leader you must be sincerely committed to what's right rather than who's right]] - [[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 quick, but don't hurry.]] - [[Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do]]. - [[Don't beat yourself, don't cheat yourself, don't shortchange yourself. That's the worse kind of defeat you'll ever suffer.]] - [[Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should accomplish with your ability.]] - [[Happiness begins when selfishness ends]] - [[It's not how big you are, it's how big you play.]] - [[It's what you learn after you know it all that counts]] - [[Never mistake activity for achievement]] - [[Never lie; never cheat; never steal. Don’t whine; don’t complain; don’t make excuses.]] - [[There is no substitute for work. Worthwhile results come from hard work and careful planning.]] - [[The more you strive for improvement, the more motivated you become.]] - [[The worst things you can do for the ones you love are the things they could and should do for themselves]] - [[Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.]] - [[We can agree to disagree, but we don't need to be disagreeable.]] - [[You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one.]] - [[You haven't taught until they've learned]] - [[You'll never learn what you don't want to know]] ## See also - [[Bill Walton]]