Pat Williams - Coach Wooden: The 7 Principles That Shaped His Life and Will Change Yours

2011 by Pat Williams

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I urge you to read this pertinent bookand in Coach Woodens words, discipline yourself so no one else has to.

Joe Maddon , Tampa Bay Rays manager

I only spent three years at UCLA while Coach Wooden was still coaching, but I received a lifetime of positive influence from being around him. I leaned on what I learned from him many times throughout my career. Being able now to pick up Pat Williamss new book, Coach Wooden , and refresh my memories of all the conversations I had with Coach Wooden is very stimulating to me. Im positive that you will find this wonderful book as valuable and powerful as I have. Thank you, Pat Williams!

Dick Vermeil , former Philadelphia Eagles, St. Louis Rams,
and Kansas City Chiefs head coach

John Wooden has had more influence on my coaching career than any other person. I have always admired the fact that John could tell you not only what he did as a coach but also why he did it and why it was important to do it that way, better than any other coach I have known. He will be remembered for his tremendous coaching accomplishments on the court but even more for his faith, his character, and the influence he had on so many other lives. I highly recommend Pat Williamss book.

Tom Osborne , University of Nebraska athletic director

This book is about the early years of the greatest basketball coach who ever lived. John Wooden not only taught his players about basketball, he taught them how to live and appreciate life. He was a hero not just to basketball fans but to everybody. I respected John Wooden as a great coach but more importantly as a great man.

Tommy Lasorda , former Los Angeles Dodgers Hall-of-Fame manager

We can never agree on who was the greatest player or coach in any sport, except for basketball. Its Coach Wooden, hands down. Even better, he was the best of all the great ones off the court. He had no equal, as youll learn in this fascinating new book by his friend Pat Williams.

Jim Boeheim , Syracuse University head basketball coach

Coach Wooden had retired from coaching before I was born, yet he is one of the coaches whom I have most admired and studied. He left a long-lasting mark, not only on the game but on all of us striving to be better leaders. This book will explain how he did it.

Brad Stevens , Butler University head basketball coach

Coach Wooden has had a positive effect on my life, and after reading this book you will thank Pat Williams for keeping alive his philosophy and success principles.

Lou Holtz , former Notre Dame University and
University of South Carolina head football coach

Coach Woodens coaching philosophy has played a major role in my basketball career. Now you can learn about the foundation of his life in this important book by Pat Williams. Drop everything youre doing and start reading.

Mike Krzyzewski , Duke University head basketball coach

Pat Williams has done a great job in capturing the essence of John Woodenboth the coach and the man. I enjoyed this book and you will too.

Sparky Anderson , former Detroit Tigers Hall-of-Fame manager

Pat Williams has spent a lifetime studying the success principles of his friend John Wooden. This new book is loaded with Wooden wisdom that will deeply impact all of us.

Bill Parcells , Miami Dolphins executive
vice president of football operations

I have read a lot of Coach Woodens work, and it just makes so much sense to implement many of the principles that he has taught while he was coaching and during his retirement. This book may be the best of all.

Mark Richt , University of Georgia head football coach

I have an enormous admiration for Coach Wooden and his coaching philosophy. This book adds great depth to the legend of Coach. You will enjoy it immensely.

George Karl , Denver Nuggets head coach

John Wooden represented all the good qualities coaches are always teaching their young athletes. Coach Wooden was a master of getting people to perform at their maximum. This text will define why he was the greatest leader ever to grace the sidelines.

Dick Vitale , ESPN college basketball analyst

I have known both Pat Williams and Coach Wooden for a number of years. No one could tell the story of the greatest coach of all time better than Pat.

Jim Calhoun , University of Connecticut head basketball coach

Get ready for a terrific book based on the man who personified greatness and goodness. I loved Coach Wooden and you will too after reading this account of his life.

Dick Enberg , Hall-of-Fame sports broadcaster

I gratefully dedicate this book

to Bill Bennett, longtime UCLA sports information director and faithful John Wooden disciple.

This book never could have materialized without Bills

insights, encouragement, and assistance.