John Wooden turned 99 years old today. What a great influence in the game of Basketball.

Happy Birthday.....

John Wooden is one of the greatest basketball coaches to ever walk the face of the earth.

Happy 99th John. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3RHqqWNHOo

When John Wooden was born New Mexico and Arizona were not even states in the union.

There had been no WWI

I wanna say Taft was President

John Wooden had some good quotes also:


Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts.
John Wooden

Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming.
John Wooden

Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.
John Wooden

The main ingredient of stardom is the rest of the team.
John Wooden

The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the old ones.
John Wooden

There are many things that are essential to arriving at true peace of mind, and one of the most important is faith, which cannot be acquired without prayer.
John Wooden

Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.
John Wooden

What you are as a person is far more important that what you are as a basketball player.
John Wooden

Winning takes talent, to repeat takes character.
John Wooden

You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one.
John Wooden

You can't live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you.
John Wooden

http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/j/john_wooden.html

When everyone thinks alike, nobody thinks. John Wooden

Happy Birthday, Coach. 99 ... my, my. Makes me miss Coach Wag even more.

I loved the shots off the glass that you taught those UCLA teams. Great BB coach.

Great coach, motivator, and teacher. I remember watching Notre Dame beat Ucla to snap their winning streak. Seems like yesterday.

[quote name='DaveTV1' date='Oct 14 2009, 07:58 PM' post='1244854']
John Wooden is one of the greatest basketball coaches to ever walk the face of the earth.

I think he was a great coach. No question.

I just don't think we can put best ever on anything. Coaches, players etc. Hard to compare from different time periods.

Some folks might think different in Kentucky.