For legendary UCLA coach John Wooden, nothing mattered more than being part of the team. He created a culture, an identity and a style of, ‘We have a collective sense of effort and purpose, and we’re going to get this done. If you’re not interested, that’s fine. There’s somebody else who is.’ It was a privilege to play for him. Of all of the different things he said, none of it made any sense to me as a teenager. Later on in life, everything he said did come true.
Coach Wooden taught us that it’s not about the coach. It’s about the players. The job of the coach is to make people better. The job of the coach is to breathe life into everybody else and to make them feel supreme, to make them feel that the light is all shining on you.
― Bill Walton, Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famer
Did you know that the first women to land on the Normandy beachhead in June 1944 were nurses of Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Nursing Service?
Their task was to establish a field hospital for 600 wounded soldiers.
They succeeded.
Please remember these heroines who saved lives:
90% of the soldiers on the first boats to hit the beach didn't live to see the end of the day. Look at those faces. Some of them never made it to 18.
Never forget that they paid the ultimate price for our freedom. We live our lives the way we do because of them.
RIP Rick Adelman…He was a great player and a HOF coach, but even a better man! It was an absolute pleasure to have played for you during my career. Class Act! Coach, you will be missed!
Don't get into a leadership position if you are uncomfortable with being criticized, 2nd guessed, hated on, people being two faced, sleepless nights, being wrong, etc. It comes with the position! #TogetherWeWin#ManInTheArena