“He was, in short, a hard-to-please, detail-obsessed, hyper-organized taskmaster and control freak—which made it all the more jarring when he adopted a… — Seth Davis Copy Share Image
“In the face of all this evidence, Wooden continued to insist that whatever violations had occurred on his watch were minor. “There’s as much… — Seth Davis Copy Share Image
“Wooden was a very good fundamental coach. He was very good at planning practices. He was very good at the relationships with the players,”… — Seth Davis Copy Share Image
“Whenever the story of John Wooden’s life gets told, his years at UCLA before he started winning championships are usually characterized as a period… — Seth Davis Copy Share Image
“Wooden often said a coach only made four or five real decisions during a game. “It disgusts me to see all these cartoons of… — Seth Davis Copy Share Image
“The worst fault of a beginning coach is he expects too much and doesn’t have enough patience.” — Seth Davis Copy Share Image
“It would not be easy to whip the hoops program into shape. UCLA had posted a winning record just twice in the previous seventeen… — Seth Davis Copy Share Image
“The coach who continually tells his players they are rotten is sure to make them so.” — Seth Davis Copy Share Image
“He was, in short, a hard-to-please, detail-obsessed, hyper-organized taskmaster and control freak—which made it all the more jarring when he adopted a hands-off approach… — Seth Davis Copy Share Image
