Coach Woodens Forgotten Teams, Pat Williams
Coach Woodens Forgotten Teams, Pat Williams
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Coach Wooden's Forgotten Teams
Stories and Lessons from John Wooden's Summer Basketball Camps

Author: Pat Williams, Jim Denney

Narrator: TBD

Unabridged: 5 hr 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/20/2018

Synopsis

Legendary UCLA basketball coach John Wooden is known for his record-breaking run of NCAA championships and for working with some of the best players in the sport. His principles for success have been used by not only coaches and athletes, but also business leaders, entrepreneurs, and others. But his reach stretches even farther than most people know--into the hearts and lives of the people who learned the game of basketball on one of Coach Wooden's forgotten teams. For nearly twenty years, John Wooden ran scores of summer youth basketball camps in California and other states, imparting wisdom and teaching skills to thousands of boys and girls between the ages of eight and fifteen. Most would not grow up to play professional or even college ball, but all of them found their lives changed by their interaction with the greatest coach who ever lived. In those camps, Coach Wooden also impacted hundreds of camp counselors and assistant coaches. This one-of-a-kind new book shares their inspiring stories and six fundamental lessons for a life of success and an unforgettable impact on others.

About Pat Williams

Pat Williams is a basketball Hall-of-Famer, currently serving as cofounder and senior vice president of the NBA's Orlando Magic. Pat has been the general manager with NBA teams in Chicago, Atlanta, Philadelphia, and Orlando, including the 1983 World Champion 76ers. In 1996, Pat was named as one of the 50 most influential people in NBA history. In 2012, Pat received the John W. Bunn Lifetime Achievement Award from the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. With more than fifty years of professional sports experience, he has written more than 100 books, including the popular Coach Wooden, How to Be Like Mike, How to Be Like Coach Wooden, and How to Be Like Women of Influence. Also one of America's top motivational and inspirational corporate speakers, Pat has addressed employees from many of the Fortune 500 companies.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jay

I grew up tall but clumsy, a poor basketball player who once attended a basketball camp when I was in junior high. I remember getting the "most improved" award, a basketball. I still remember some of the things that our high school coach pointed out about my play (while, I suspect, stifling his own......more

Goodreads review by June

I chose this book for review when it became available through the Revell Reads blogger program because I have watched John Wooden's PBS television show on his 'Pyramid of Success'. I enjoyed the show especially because of Coach Wooden's kind, heartwarming, folksy wisdom; and I wanted to read this bo......more

Goodreads review by Joanne

It seems like basketball has been a part of our family forever. So when the opportunity came to read and review Coach Wooden's Forgotten Teams by Pat Williams, I quickly signed up. John Wooden is known for his legendary coaching, his record-breaking run of NCAA championships, and for having worked w......more

Goodreads review by Jocelyn

I have never been much of a sports fan. I never played sports in school, and didn't really catch the fever later. However, when I had the opportunity to review Forgotten Teams by Pat Williams I was intrigued. I vaguely remembered the great Coach John Wooden, and his UCLA basketball teams. Teams that......more

Goodreads review by Meagan

Coach Wooden's Forgotten Teams Stories and Lessons from John Wooden's Summer Basketball Camps By Pat Williams with Jim Denney Foreword by Nan Wooden I don't personally remember seeing Coach Wooden during his coaching years but I do remember my mom and grandmother talking about what a gentleman he always......more

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