“Success comes from knowing that you did your best..." - John Wooden

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October 26, 2015 3:57 PM

John Robert Wooden (October 14, 1910 – June 4, 2010) was an American basketball player and coach.

John Wooden is considered one of the best basketball coaches ever.

“Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming.” – John Wooden.

John Robert Wooden (October 14, 1910 – June 4, 2010) was an American basketball player and coach. Nicknamed the "Wizard of Westwood," as head coach at UCLA he won ten NCAA national championships in a 12-year period, including an unprecedented seven in a row.

Within this period, his teams won a men's basketball-record 88 consecutive games. Wooden's streak of seven consecutive NCAA Championships is even more remarkable and impressive because to this day no other coach or school has won the tournament more than two consecutive years.

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Wooden was named national coach of the year six times.

As a 5' 10" guard, Wooden was the first to be named basketball All-American three times. Wooden was named a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame as a player (inducted in 1961) and as a coach (in 1973), the first person ever enshrined in both categories.

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