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John Wooden is a teacher and a legendary coach who led his team to a record-breaking number of wins and NCAA Championships. In 2001, he gave a TedTalk focused on his experiences as a teacher and a coach and how they have changed his definition of success. During this TedTalk Wooden gave his own definition of success and talked about the events that led to his forming of this new definition. Wooden also quoted different poems and verses that he felt accurately described what he had come to know about life and what it means to be successful. The comments that Wooden made and the sources that he quoted in his talk interested me in one way or another. A couple of the comments made me doubtful, other comments caused me to stop and think, and some comments made me excited. In his 2001 TedTalk John Wooden made comments that I do not believe are necessarily true. For example, at one point in his speech Wooden states that he believes character- meaning who you are- is much more important than reputation- who you are perceived to be. This comment made me stop in my tracks because both aspects are important to being successful. I absolutely agree that having a good reputation means nothing if you are not a genuinely well-intentioned person. However, success depends on your ability to do your best and being perceived in a negative way by the people you are trying to be productive with, inhibits that ability. Under no circumstances should people make their life decisions based on what…

Every business aspires to achieve its goals and objectives. Attainment of success is an involving matter that requires the commitment of all those tasked with various activities within the enterprise. Failure or underperformance from any individual presents harmful impacts on the stability and financial capability of an establishment. This paper explains John Wooden’s Pyramid of Success; the model’s relevance to the modern business environment and the validity of the models aspect. The paper…

Growing up in Kentucky, a love for Kentucky basketball comes naturally. Will Davis has been a die-hard fan since he was just a baby. He loved Kentucky basketball more than anything, it was his life. Nothing made him happier than Kentucky winning, and nothing hurt him worse when they lost. He watched every game with his dad. When he was just a young boy, he vowed that he would one day wear those eight letters across his chest and play in front of the 23,000 rowdy Kentucky fanatics in Rupp…

LAWRENCE, Kan.-- Frank Mason III scored 24 points and No. 3 Kansas used a 21-7 run to force overtime and defeat No. 9 West Virginia University 84-80 in overtime on Monday night at the Phog Allen Fieldhouse. The Mountaineers (20-6, 8-5) were cruising when missed free throws and turnovers fueled a Jayhawks run. Devonte' Graham sunk a 3-pointer with 34 seconds remaining to pull Kansas (23-3, 11-2) within two. The Jayhawks' pressure forced Tarik Phillip to throw the ball away. Mason made both free…

eighth place on the NCAA's all-time wins list with 817. 51 points were a season-low. WVU moves on to play No. 4 seeded Iowa State in the championship game on Saturday at 5 p.m. (CT). The Wildcats will have to wait for Selection Sunday to see whether their season continues. " It goes back -- we got nine wins -- you play 20 games in this league and we got nine wins against the best or second-best, depending on what you look at," K-State head coach Bruce Weber said. "We've beaten Baylor, beaten…

Legendary UCLA head basketball coach John Wooden has died. The 99 year old was well known for his legacy as the UCLA Bruins head basketball coach. His impact was remarkable considering how many people and players he touched during his basketball career. Wooden was and always will be basketball. When anyone mentioned any reference to greatness in the sport, John Wooden was the first to come to mind. For many years, Wooden led UCLA to National Titles and produced players that went on to bigger…

example of just how much money is coming into division one college programs is the exceedingly large contracts being given out to college football coaches. For example top level college football coaches can make upwards of several millions dollars. Nick Saban (Alabama football head coach), and Jim Harbaugh (Michigan football head coach) are paid seven plus million annually, with Urban Myer (Ohio State football head coach) getting paid six million a year. College football is not alone in paying…

The author, Brandon Steiner, CEO and founder of Steiner Sports in New Rochelle, New York, a leader in sports marketing and collectibles, takes lessons on leadership, strategy, planning, and success learned from working with some of the greatest athletes, coaches, and managers in sports, and applies them to the business world. He condenses their personal stories and experiences, drawing upon them to see how they can be applied to achieve success at work, in business, and in life in general. His…

the schools. According to “The Blue Line”, “The University of Alabama reported income of over 143 billion in 2014”. All of that money went right to the school with “not one of Alabama’s players receiving a dollar” (“The Blue Line”). With the athletes building the school 's name and bring in enormous amounts of money, yet the NCAA will not allow them to have any of it. In the world of college sports they all have their own version of a championship tournaments. For example there are the College…

College Sports. Part three addresses the direct and indirect impact of college athletics financially. First, in chapter five the first chapter of part three called Effects of University on the University: A Review and Extension of Empirical Assessment the author describes why a university has certain programs with the research they have gathered. Secondly, is chapter six called Why Do U.S Colleges Have Sports Programs? In chapter six the author explains why division II college programs that can…