A Coach's Diary

All credit of this article goes to  Pat Williams  and his book,  Coach Wooden .   He breaks down Coach Wooden’s seven-point creed that was given to him by his father when he graduated from elementary school.  Many attribute a large part of his success to this creed and his ability to live it out daily. The 4th creed is ‘Make Friendship a Fine Art.’  Below are quotes and passages from that 3 rd creed. - You can read about the 1 st creed, 'be true to yourself,'  here . - You can read about the 2 nd creed, ‘help others,’ here . - You can read about 3rd creed, 'Drink deeply from here .  Someone is not a good friend because he or she does good things for you all the time.  It’s friendship when you do good things for each other.  It’s showing concern and consideration … The first and most important step in friendship is being a friend. - John Wooden Friendship is like a good marriage – it’s based on common concern....

All credit of this article goes to  Pat Williams  and his book,  Coach Wooden .   He breaks down Coach Wooden’s seven-point creed that was given to him by his father when he graduated from elementary school.  Many attribute a large part of his success to this creed and his ability to live it out daily. The 3 rd creed is ‘Drink deeply from good books, especially the Bible.’  Below are quotes and passages from that 3 rd creed. - You can read about the 1 st creed, 'be true to yourself,'  here . - You can read about the 2 nd creed, ‘help others,’ here . Coach observed, “Poetry, biographies, and all the other great books will greatly enrich your life.  There are so many that are so good, and they will all be available to you.  The poetry Dad read to us when we were kids instilled a love of reading … Drink deeply from those great books of your own choosing and you will enrich yourself.” - Coach John Wooden The highes...

All credit of this article goes to  Pat Williams  and his book,  Coach Wooden .   He breaks down Coach Wooden’s seven-point creed that was given to him by his father when he graduated from elementary school.  Many attribute a large part of his success to this creed and his ability to live it out daily. The  2 nd  creed is ‘Help Other.’  Below are quotes and passages from that 2 nd chapter. - You can read about the 1st creed, 'be true to yourself,' here . One, make sure you always have better players than the team you play.  Two, make sure that your players put the team above themselves.  Three – and this is a very important point – always practice simplicity with constant repetition, and you will be successful.’ - Advice given to coach Dale Brown from Coach John Wooden If one cannot be used, it only means that one is useless.’ - Maya Angelou ‘Coach Wooden believes he was born to influence and serve young people....

All credit of this article goes to Pat Williams and his book, Coach Wooden .  He breaks down Coach Wooden’s seven-point creed that was given to him by his father when he graduated from elementary school.  Many attribute a large part of his success to this creed and his ability to live it out daily. The first creed is ‘Be True To Yourself.’  Below is quotes and passages from that first chapter. Key Points - Be the person you were born to be. - Be true to your highest values and principles, and you will never be false to anyone. - The secret to the magnetism of John Wooden’s personality is that he is always at peace with himself. Once when Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, known at the time as Lew Alcindor, sat at a restaurant with Coach Wooden heard someone a few tables away whisper loudly, “Look at that black freak!” Coach Wooden saw that his star player was wounded to tears by the comment.  “Lewis,” he said, “people hate what they don’t know – and what they...