Wooden Summary
John Wooden

Wooden Summary

Wooden is a book that was written by legendary basketball coach John Wooden, with help from Steve Jamison. The book describes Wooden's personal philosophies that have been the basis for his life on and off the basketball court.

John Wooden starts out describing the importance of family, virtues and the values he has found to be important. He describes his background that gave him the basis for his ideals and values described in the book. He explains what he has found in his life to be the things that have made him so successful in basketball have also made him very successful in his marriage. He describes what he thinks has changed in the home in recent decades and what should be important to everyone.

The next part of the book describes Wooden's take on success, achievement and competition. He talks mostly about the necessity for preparation and... View more of the Wooden Summary