Wednesday, March 14, 2007
THE WIZARD OF WESTWOOD: JOHN WOODEN
Since March Madness is starting tomorrow morning, my mind has shifted toward college basketball's greatest coach: UCLA's John Wooden.
But what I love even more than the 10 national championships he won in 12 years is this: he's more than a coach, he's also a mentor, a teacher, a thinker, and a motivator.
Here are just a few of his most famous quotes:
"When you're through learning, you're through."
"It's what you learn after you know it all that counts."
"You can't live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you."
"Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out."
"It isn't what you do, but how you do it."
And my favorite three:
"Be more concerned with your character than you reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are."
"Consider the rights of others before your own feelings, and the feelings of others before your own rights."
"Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do."
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