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Basketball Coaching John Wooden

By Brian Williams on June 30, 2008

Basketball Coaching John Wooden

This interview was recorded and posted at: Ted.com

The topic is his definition of success.

The interview lasts a little over 17 minutes.

You can get a transcript by going to that website.

 

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Here is a link to John Wooden’s Desirable Coaching Traits

Coach John Wooden Quotes:

  • Wooden, John “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.”
  • Wooden, John “It’s what you learn after you know it all that counts.”
  • Wooden, John “Success is peace of mind, which is a
    direct result of self-satisfaction
    in
    knowing you made the effort to
    become
    the best at which you are
    capable.”
  • Wooden, John “Be quick, but don’t hurry.”
  • Wooden, John “Talent is God-given – be humble. Fame is man-given – be thankful. Conceit is self-given – be careful.”
  • Wooden, John “Never mistake activity for achievement.”
  • Wooden, John “Don’t let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.”
Wooden–a Lifetime of Observations and Reflections on and off the Court amazonby John Wooden. Click the book cover to read an excerpt from the book at Amazon.
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