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A Game Plan for Life: The Power of Mentoring

From the legendary basketball coach who inspired generations of athletes and businesspeople, an inspiring book about the power of mentoring and being mentored.

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John Wooden, Don Yaeger
2011
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Wooden’s Pyramid of Success Building Blocks

A look at Coach John Wooden’s Pyramid of Success

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John Wooden
2020
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8 Keys to Coach John Wooden's Servant Leadership

Legendary basketball coach John Wooden had what he called an "MBA": a mop-and-bucket attitude. In other words, he believed in doing the hard work necessary to help everyone in his organization succeed.

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Lynn Guerin, Jason Lavin
2020
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Talks about Experiencing Racism with Coach Wooden (5/18/17)

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar talks about his book, Coach Wooden and Me: Our 50-Year Friendship On and Off the Court, including Coach Wooden’s reaction to witnessing racism.

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John Wooden
2017
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Indiana Basketball Player Broke Racial Barrier, Changed Game Forever

Clarence Walker quietly broke the color barrier, wading through a thicket of unforgiving racial tensions along the way, bottling up his private pain for the greater good. He never fired back. He couldn’t.

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Zak Keefer
2007
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John Wooden: Understanding Race Equality and Character Through Sports

John Wooden never talked much about race. He was just a decent man who understood what was right; he did right by people regardless of race, ethnicity, and religion; and he lived that creed.

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Anthony Asadullah Samad
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Opens Up about John Wooden

Record six-time MBA MVP Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (B.A. ’69) learned from UCLA Coach John Wooden during—and after—their 50-year friendship how “to become a better person each day that I knew him.

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John Wooden
2017
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Coach Wooden and Me: Our 50-Year Friendship On and Off the Court

Former NBA star and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient Kareem Abdul-Jabbar explores his 50-year friendship with Coach John Wooden, one of the most enduring and meaningful relationships in sports history.

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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
2025
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John Wooden’s Legacy Is a How-To Guide for a Successful Life

Coach, as John Wooden was simply known to all, believed that real success is defined not by wins and losses, but by the daily development of yourself and giving your best in all you do.

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Don Yaeger
2016
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The Difference Between Winning and Succeeding | John Wooden

With profound simplicity, Coach John Wooden redefines success and urges us all to pursue the best in ourselves. In this inspiring talk he shares the advice he gave his players at UCLA, quotes poetry and remembers his father’s wisdom.

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John Wooden
2009
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