John Wooden
John Robert Wooden was an American basketball coach and player. Nicknamed "the Wizard of Westwood", he won ten National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) national championships in a 12-year period as head coach for the UCLA Bruins, including a record seven in a row. No other team has won more than four in a row in Division I college men's or women's basketball.
Career Journey
Background
- Born in
- Hall
- Educated at
- Purdue UniversityIndiana State UniversityMartinsville High School
- Awards
- 🏆 Presidential Medal of Freedom🏆 Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of the Year🏆 Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year🏆 John Bunn Award🏆 Theodore Roosevelt Award
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Trending topics shown first"You should never try to be better than someone else, you should always be learning from others. But you should never cease trying to be the best you could be because that’s under your control and the …"
"Adversity is the state in which man most easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then."
"The four laws of learning are: the first is demonstration of what you want. The second is the criticism of the demonstration. The third is the imitation of the correct model, and the fourth is repetit…"
"You can’t live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you."
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1910
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