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Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court

by John Wooden, Steve Jamison · 1997

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The former basketball coach at UCLA shares his personal philosophy on family, achievement, success, and excellence.

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self-helpself-helpMore like thisLess of thisbiographybiographyMore like thisLess of thisleadershipleadershipMore like thisLess of thisbusinessbusinessMore like thisLess of thispsychologypsychologyMore like thisLess of this
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medium · 201 pages

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