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Hardwood Hustle

Episode 611 - Applying Wisdom from Coach John Wooden

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4.6606 Ratings

🗓️ 22 July 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

This week TJ and Sam discuss 10 quotes from or about legendary UCLA coach, John Wooden and how we can apply wisdom that has stood the test of time and apply it to our own coaching. Show Notes: • Learning about yourself • Growing through adversity • Intensity with transformation • John Wooden's 3 rules • "Ability is a poor man's wealth." • "Listen if you want to be heard." • Leading by example • "Basketball is played between the ears..." • "Happiness begins where selfishness end...

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You're listening to the Hardwood Hustle powered by PGC coaching.

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This week, T.J. and Sam discuss wisdom from legendary UCLA coach John Wooden and what we can take and apply to our teams.

0:14.8

Let's get started. Welcome back to the Hardwood Hustle.

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TJ and Sam with you today.

0:30.0

And we are going to talk about one of the legends of the game in John Wood

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and 10-time national champion at UCLA.

0:37.6

And his wisdom carries on many decades, many years later.

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So, T.J. are actually going to share 10 quotes or principles of John Wooden, and we're going

0:48.4

to unpack each of them kind of in a rapid-fire way.

0:52.3

So, T.J., I'm excited about this.

0:53.6

We both, you know, love what John Wooden represented.

0:57.4

You have a personal background with them.

1:00.5

Maybe you could just open up and share your quick thoughts on Coach Wooden.

1:04.5

Yeah, I think one of the things that is really interesting about Coach Wooden

1:08.6

and people need to know is that, you is that he's probably one of the first

1:12.3

well-known transformational coaches, you know, and we're right currently doing our take a light

1:17.7

pledge, you know, with PGC. And, you know, the thought behind it is being a transformational

1:24.1

coach and committing to more than just winning. And John Wooden was probably, and I'm sure there was many coaches before him that were transformational coach and committing to more than just winning. And John Wooden was probably,

1:29.0

and I'm sure there were as many coaches before him that were transformational because of his success

1:32.9

and people actually doing both, like him actually winning and making an impact on lives

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and how successful he was winning all the national championships. It just stood out as like,

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wow, here's a really

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