“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 crookedness as you want to find,” Wooden said. “There was something Abraham Lincoln said—he’d rather trust… — 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 raving maniac coaches,” he said. “There is far more overcoaching than undercoaching in basketball. It’s 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
