Customer Review: Hands down this is the best basketball philosophy book. This tells exactly how Wooden ran UCLA's basketball program and explains why they won 10 national championships. To truely understand the mind of one of basketball's greatest coaches, you must read this book. From discipline to practice... more info
Customer Review: I felt that this was a nice "thought for a day" book. He offers some very sound and basic ways of living with values. It is a quick read and enjoyable.
Customer Review: This book is an excellent read for sports and non sports people alike. Coach Wooden goes into detail about his philosophy that made him such a success. The teachings can be applied both to sports and life in general. Very good book!!
Customer Review: He was born in a small town within a state that was a hotbed for basketball. Reading this short but informative book, one gathers that Mr. Wooden never lost sight of his roots. Life lessons from his father, Joshua, seemed to present him with a blueprint of hard work, discipline, common sense,... more info
Customer Review: At first I thought this book was too much for children to absorb. But after seeing the kids' reaction to it and the content of other books the children could be reading, I realized the title of this review.
Customer Review: I was raised in Southern California and now reside in Indiana. I could not be happier that Coach Wooden also called both places his home. Though he clearly is a midwesterner at heart---as am I now---his legend truly grew in Los Angeles. As my title indicates, we need more coaches like John... more info
Customer Review: At the intro chapters, book delivers history of basketball offense. Fantastic experience for every reader. Then, applying historical modification of rules - modification of offensive play tactics are modified too. Very nice, concise and understandable logic, excellent video material makes this... more info
Customer Review: This book was inspiring, I picked up the phone and called my college coach after 15 years. I learned how much I truly learned and how much I missed not keeping him in my life.
Customer Review: I've always been a big fan of basketball coach John Wooden . . . not
only because of the winning record he amassed at UCLA, but also
because of the way he both coached and taught. So over the years, I've tried to read as much as much about him
as I could find . . . yet... more info
