Best of - Coach John Wooden: Character for Life

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🗓️ 21 March 2022

⏱️ 38 minutes

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During March Madness, can you think of anything more satisfying to do between games than listen to an interview with legendary UCLA coach John Wooden?! Wooden led his team to more NCAA championships than any other coach in history, and he did it with a quiet, old-fashioned approach that challenged notions of what it takes to win. Even if you're not a sports fan, you can find lessons and inspiration from Coach Wooden's leadership. In this episode, which originally posted in 2016, Wooden talks about his fatherly love for the players, his famous pyramid of success, and the difference between reputation and character. He also explains why basketball is the greatest spectator sport there is. (c ) American Academy of Achievement 2016-2022

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Alice.
0:05.0	If you are as mad as a March hair for basketball,
0:09.0	we have the perfect episode for you,
0:12.0	Coach John Wooden.
0:13.8	It originally aired in 2016 during March Madness and is absolutely worth a second
0:19.9	listen.
0:20.9	He did, after all, change the game of basketball and the art of coaching forever
0:26.0	But even if you're not a basketball fan though I might keep that under my hat this month
0:31.6	John Wooden has a lot to teach you.
0:35.1	Take a listen to what actor Jason Sudakus said
0:38.0	a few months ago on the podcast Star Talk
0:41.0	about the influence John Wooden had on him, not just on his portrayal of
0:46.2	Ted Lasso, beloved fictional soccer coach, but on his career and on his life. You know I found the writings and the philosophy of
0:55.5	John Wood and the great UCLA college basketball coach to be profound and
0:59.6	that and his his philosophies were things that I used to teach when I coached
1:04.9	improv teams and taught improv.
1:07.3	And his pyramid of success was something that I thought
1:10.6	really broke down nicely to how an individual can conduct themselves within a group dynamic and be take care of themselves but then also support the people with them which is really you know an ideal you head space to be in
1:24.8	when you know making stuff up on the fly you know much less life.
1:31.0	On now to our on-ore podcast episode with Coach John Wooden. I had a made made this child is gifted and I heard that enough that I started to believe it.
1:51.0	If you have the opportunity, not a perfect opportunity,
1:55.0	and you don't take it, you may never have another job.
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