After Quote by Kevin Love

Coach Wooden, when he speaks, you listen. I've taken a lot of things from him and his little blue book because to him, it's…

— Kevin Love

“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

“UCLA basketball coach John Wooden told players who scored to give a smile, wink, or nod to the player who gave them a good…

— John C. Maxwell

I remember when I used to go to coaches' meetings and stuff like that and I would never say anything - I would just…

— Maria Taylor

I was at UCLA when John Wooden was the basketball coach. The next coach was Gene Bartow, who got fired for winning 90 percent…

— Marshall Goldsmith

“if you do the following three things, you will be successful in major college basketball. If you don’t do them, it will be most…

— John Wooden

I know players on every team and we talk all the time. They tell me during the game, 'We're not going to give you…

— Todd Gurley

“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

I speak to lots of coaches, but those are private conversations.

— Unai Emery

I talked to the ball a lot of times in my career. I yelled, "Go foul. Go foul."

— Lefty Gomez

I hung out with Coach Carroll, and we connected right off the bat. One thing Coach and I have in common is how people…

— Geno Smith

Coach K always wanted me to talk more, even when I was in college. That's something I'm going to do as I get older.

— Jayson Tatum