by Craig Impelman | Nov 17, 2016 | Blog
Even the man who designed the John R. Wooden Award trophy for college basketball’s player of the year—the same man who handcrafts the 24-karat gold-plated Grammy Award trophy every year—has a heartfelt connection with Coach Wooden to share. John Billings met...
by Craig Impelman | Nov 15, 2016 | Blog
Coach John Wooden’s father gave his four sons two direct sets of three rules he hoped would guide their everyday behavior. They were referred to as “Two Sets of Three” and became the underlying philosophy that Coach’s Pyramid of Success is based on. The first set...
by Craig Impelman | Nov 11, 2016 | Blog
If you like Jim Rohn, you’ll like John Wooden. It sounds like an Amazon shopping cart suggestion but it holds true when you consider the messages these two great men shared with others. The two men were contemporaries in the 1960s and 1970s, offering similar teachings...
by Craig Impelman | Nov 9, 2016 | Blog
Jim Rohn said, “Miss a meal if you have to, but don’t miss a book.” Coach John Wooden was a voracious reader, wholeheartedly believing in the power of reading. Wooden was especially a fan of prose and poetry, and could recite whole passages of his favorite poems. John...
by Craig Impelman | Nov 7, 2016 | Blog
Coach John Wooden, the legendary UCLA coach who led his teams to numerous championships and double-digit winning streaks, began learning the rules of success at an early age. His father taught him that it was better to be the best person he possibly could rather than...
