They Call Me Coach (Audio Cassette)

by John Wooden (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
When THEY CALL ME COACH first appeared, it was hailed as a classic by fans and critics alike. The personal chronicle of a basketball legend -- the man who coached the UCLA Bruins to ten NCAA championships and the only person to be installed in the Basketball Hall of Fame as both player and coach -- is also an intimate and absorbing account of what it takes to build winning teams and shape winning lives.

"THEY CALL ME COACH is grass-roots America, a story bigger than basketball. One of those rare sports books that is must reading for everyone." (Chicago Tribune)

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Product Details

• Audio Cassette
• Publisher: Books on Tape, Inc. (December 30, 1986)
• ISBN-10: 0736610820
• ISBN-13: 978-0736610827
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #3,877,594 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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32 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars More than basketball: a formula for winning in life., June 14, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: They Call Me Coach (Paperback)

John Wooden thoroughly puts forth the principles that he practices in his life as a coach, former coach, and citizen. His trips through nostalgia are insightful and incisive. More than a book on how to play better basketball, it is more in line with how to be a better person. A must read for individuals who are working with children and adults and feel that high standards and accountability are important for them and their charges.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars They Call me the Greatest....is what it should be called., May 17, 2001

By	"theknightwhosays_neeek" (Flowing Water Canyon, WI) - See all my reviews

This review is from: They Call Me Coach (Paperback)

They Call Me Coach by John Wooden is not only one of the greatest sport books I have read but also one of my all time favorites too. In his book he tells you of his early struggle through the Depression and from the constant moving of his family. In the book he tells you of his father's enormous impact on his life, from his inspiration talks with him or just the poems he quoted. One of Wooden's own thoughts has stuck in my head also. It reads,"Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do."(pg 56) This great book deserves five stars because of how John Wooden can take a topic of teaching basketball, and stretch it to other sports and even educational goals. If you do not even play basketball you will like this book because whatever the sport you play, this book has something that you can apply to it. His Pyramid of Success is great and I feel it should be in every locker room of every sport. The diagram states how success can be acheived through making your team an actual team, by making them come together and be in the same mind set. These are few of the major reasons why anyone should read this book.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A classic book about a classic coach., July 14, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: They Call Me Coach (Paperback)

When you have lost all of your faith in sports, buy and read this book. Coach Wooden takes us through the wonderful journey of his life, from a young boy growing up in a small Indiana town to the multiple national championships at UCLA. Its too bad there aren't more coaches like John Wooden, a truly inspiring individual