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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Wooden say about the Olympics?
(a) He tries to go to the Olympics every four years.
(b) He says it's the highest honor an athlete can receive.
(c) He wishes he could have gone to the Olympics.
(d) He feels it's not as "honest" as the Special Olympics.

4. What does Wooden believe will come if you try anything?
(a) Success.
(b) Elation.
(c) Failure.
(d) Exhaustion.

5. What does Wooden think will happen if a person has goals that he or she cannot reach?
(a) It will make the person work harder to prove everyone wrong.
(b) The goals will actually be reached because nothing is really impossible.
(c) The person won't think there is any use in trying to reach them.
(d) The person will become an inspiration to all those around him/her.

6. What does Wooden call himself?
(a) A realistic pessimist.
(b) A pessimistic optimist.
(c) An optimistic coach.
(d) A realistic optimist.

7. Wooden's father tells him to see each day as what?
(a) Something special.
(b) Something undeserved.
(c) Something to get over with.
(d) Something that will soon be gone.

8. What Webster's dictionary word definition does Wooden disagree with?
(a) The one for coaching.
(b) The one for teaching.
(c) The one for success.
(d) The one for failure.

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

10. Not all of Wooden's players become what?
(a) Fathers.
(b) Rich.
(c) Famous.
(d) Coaches.

11. How does Wooden feel about his players who became famous as opposed to his players who didn't become famous?
(a) He thinks the ones who didn't become famous were actually bigger successes.
(b) He feels the same about them.
(c) He thinks that the famous ones were far more naturally gifted in terms of their athleticism.
(d) He thinks the famous ones worked harder.

12. What role does Wooden feel the media has played in teams' winning and losing?
(a) He believes that the media doesn't talk enough about the losers.
(b) He thinks the media highlights winners just enough.
(c) He thinks that the media has finally struck a nice balance in their coverage.
(d) He thinks the media has made it harder to be a "loser."

13. What doesn't Wooden think has changed over the years?
(a) The need for fame.
(b) The terms in basketball.
(c) The desire to win.
(d) UCLA players.

14. Wooden seems to see every day as what?
(a) A waste of time.
(b) A time to mourn.
(c) One step closer to death.
(d) An opportunity to be a better person.

15. Wooden suggests that people shouldn't work twice as hard tomorrow to make up for what?
(a) Yesterday.
(b) Today.
(c) Your dreams.
(d) The past.

Short Answer Questions

1. Wooden makes a distinction between passion and what emotion?

2. Wooden believes many people know what they want but they aren't willing to what?

3. What does Wooden say will create success in any person's life?

4. When does Wooden feel that success can be dangerous?

5. How does Wooden want his players and kids to think of him?

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