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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Wooden says you should feel what emotion when you give something your all?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Exhaustion.
(c) Fear.
(d) Sadness.

2. When Wooden discusses players who have been on his various teams, he is giving them what?
(a) A piece of his mind, especially for those he didn't like.
(b) A chance to be part of history.
(c) Recognition for their achievements even though no one knows them.
(d) A chance to write their own books now that he has given them a lead-in.

3. Wooden states that many of his players were never given what?
(a) Proper recognition.
(b) A good review from sports journalists.
(c) The ball during the game.
(d) A break from reporters.

4. Wooden believes that if people try to be the best they can be, they will achieve what?
(a) Wealth.
(b) Fame.
(c) Success.
(d) Power.

5. What does Wooden say most people are "whether they know it or not"?
(a) A hero.
(b) A role model.
(c) A failure.
(d) A genius.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Wooden believe is greater than failure?

2. What does Wooden believe will happen if you don't work as hard as you can toward a life goal?

3. Wooden states that when people get too caught up in believing they will "always" win, they stop doing what?

4. Wooden believes that the goals in life are the same as the goals in what?

5. Why does Wooden choose an American president to explain his views on what he believes a successful person can/should be?

(see the answer key)

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