{"id":1950,"date":"2010-06-04T07:56:15","date_gmt":"2010-06-04T11:56:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/?p=1950"},"modified":"2010-06-04T07:56:15","modified_gmt":"2010-06-04T11:56:15","slug":"leadership-coach-john-wooden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/?p=1950","title":{"rendered":"Leadership: Coach John Wooden"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I started hearing last night through Twitter and Facebook that legendary UCLA basketball coach John Wooden had passed away at the age of 99. \u00a0This morning it was clarified that he had not passed away, but was hospitalized in grave condition. \u00a0I know that much will be said about what an incredible basketball player and coach he was. \u00a0However, I feel quite certain that anyone who played for him or followed his life from afar will remember much more than that. \u00a0Coach Wooden is known for his relationship with the Lord. \u00a0In fact, in a book called “The Call Me Coach”, he is quoted as saying, “I have always tried to make it clear that basketball is not the ultimate. It is of small importance in comparison to the total life we live. There is only one kind of life that truly wins, and that is the one that places faith in the hands of the Savior.”<\/p>\n

Wooden is also well-known for the deep and abiding love he had for his wife Nell. \u00a0After her death, the basketball court at Pauley Pavilion where UCLA plays was named in their honor. \u00a0It was proposed to be called the “John and Nell Wooden Court”. \u00a0Coach Wooden asked that it be called, “The Nell and John Wooden Court”. \u00a0He said he couldn’t have achieved all that he did without her by his side. \u00a0Much has been shared over the years about his steadfast commitment to writing love notes to his wife…even once a month since her death in 1985.<\/p>\n

I have always enjoyed college basketball and have followed the game’s top coaches and players closely since a very young age. \u00a0A few years ago, someone gave me a copy of Coach Wooden’s book,\u00a0My Personal Best: Life Lessons from an All-American Journey<\/em><\/a>. \u00a0This book is a great collection of stories as well as challenges to live a life of integrity and honor.<\/p>\n

I would encourage you to pick up a copy of this book to find out more about this godly man and the legacy he will leave behind as he prepares to enter eternity. \u00a0What an incredible legacy of leadership that honors the Lord!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I started hearing last night through Twitter and Facebook that legendary UCLA basketball coach John Wooden had passed away at the age of 99. \u00a0This morning it was clarified that he had not passed away, but was hospitalized in grave condition. \u00a0I know that much will be said about what an incredible basketball player and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1950"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1950\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}