John Wooden As A Role Model

John Wooden is believed to be the greatest coach in sports history. John Wooden grew up in Indiana, where he learned to play the game of basketball from his father, Joshua Hugh Wooden. John spent most of his time growing up, playing basketball with his three brothers in their barn. Reasons for Coach Wooden’s success were because of his father, who had taught him essential things about basketball and being a good coach. John was in love with the game of basketball and worked every day to be the greatest play he could be, since doing that it made him know a lot about basketball and how to play the game properly. With all of these things he did, it has helped him to understand what it means to be a great coach.
John Wooden was a very knowledgeable man when it came to basketball. During his years coaching at UCLA, he developed a pyramid of success in being a great coach/player. This pyramid was made not only for his players but for everyone that wants to be great at basketball or anything at all. John once said “Be quick, but don’t hurry“(51) meaning when doing something do it at a fast …show more content…
John showed everybody with the utmost respect, even when they didn’t show it back. The things that I personally liked about him were that he knew what he was talking about when it comes to playing basketball. He did not always know everything about basketball, but he put in the time and dedication to learn everything he could when he found out everything he could it changed who he was and how he did things on the basketball court. During his career of coaching, he had only one losing season out of his 29 seasons, which is very good if you asked me. Before he became this incredible coach, he became an English teacher right out of high school. After he graduated from college, it was around the time of World War II, where he joined the United States Navy for two years and when he left he was a