A Wall Street Journal Bestseller

A compelling look inside the mind and powerful leadership methods of America's coaching legend, John Wooden

Team spirit, loyalty, enthusiasm, determination. . . . Acquire and keep these traits and success should follow.
--Coach John Wooden

John Wooden's goal in 41 years of coaching never changed; namely, to get maximum effort and peak performance from each of his players in the manner that best served the team. Wooden on Leadership explains step-by-step how he pursued and accomplished this goal. Focusing on Wooden's 12 Lessons in Leadership and his acclaimed Pyramid of Success, it outlines the mental, emotional, and physical qualities essential to building a winning organization, and shows you how to develop the skill, confidence, and competitive fire to be at your best when your best is needed--and teach your organization to do the same.

Praise for Wooden on Leadership:

What an all-encompassing Pyramid of Success for leadership! Coach Wooden's moral authority and brilliant definition of success encompass all of life. How I admire his life's work and concept of what it really means to win!
--Stephen R. Covey, author, The 7 Habits of Highly Successful People and The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness

Wooden On Leadership offers valuable lessons no matter what your endeavor. 'Competitive Greatness' is our goal and that of any successful organization. Coach Wooden's Pyramid of Success is where it all starts.
--Jim Sinegal, president & CEO, Costco

The Coach of the Century Reveals His Secret to Success

Legendary college basketball coach John Wooden and Jay Carty know that when it comes down to it, success is an equal opportunity player. Anyone can create it in his or her career, family, and beyond.

Based on John Wooden's own method to victory, Coach Wooden's Pyramid of Success reveals that success is built block by block, where each block is a crucial principle contributing to lifelong achievement. With these 32 daily readings, you will

● take an in-depth look at each block of the pyramid and explore what each one means
● understand how all the blocks together form the structure of the pyramid of success
● reflect on each principle and how it is present in your life
● learn how to put your best foot forward to reach achievement in every area of life
● obtain peace of mind from knowing you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming

Join John Wooden and Jay Carty to discover the building blocks and key values--from confidence to faith--that have brought Coach to the pinnacle of success as a leader, a teacher, and a follower of God.

The legendary coach talks about his life, his players, and his winning philosophies in this bestselling autobiography

John Wooden's dedication and inspiration made him America's winningest coach. His beliefs in hard work and preparedness brought the UCLA Bruins an unparalleled 10 NCAA basketball championships. Now in this bestselling autobiography--with a Foreword by Hall-of-Famer Bill Walton--the college basketball legend reflects on his record-breaking career, his life behind the scenes, and how his top players went on to shape and change the NBA.

From the everyday basics to important life lessons (It's not how tall you are, but how tall you play), Wooden shares his worldly wisdom on and off the court to offer a personal history of an unforgettable time in college basketball, answering the most-asked questions about his life, his career, and the players who made his teams unbeatable.

They Call Me Coach is grass-roots Americana, a story bigger than basketball. One of those rare sports books that is must reading for everyone.
--Chicago Tribune

What Knute Rockne was to football, Connie Mack to baseball, and Wilbur and Orville Wright to flying, John Wooden is to basketball. This book captures the full flavor of the man, the philosophies that work in life, and the philosophies that work on the court. I commend it to people who want to succeed at either--or both.
--Los Angeles Times

NATIONAL BESTSELLER

I am just a common man who is true to his beliefs.--John Wooden

Evoking days gone by when coaches were respected as much for their off-court performances as for their success on the court, Wooden presents the timeless wisdom of legendary basketball coach John Wooden.

In honest and telling passages about virtually every aspect of life, Coach shares his personal philosophy on family, achievement, success, and excellence. Raised on a small farm in south-central Indiana, he offers lessons and wisdom learned throughout his career at UCLA, and life as a dedicated husband, father, and teacher.

These lessons, along with personal letters from Bill Walton, Denny Crum, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Bob Costas, among others, have made Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections on and off the Court an inspirational classic.

Each member of your teamhas the potential for personalgreatness; the leader's job isto help them achieve it.
--JOHN WOODEN

Coach Wooden's Leadership Game Plan for Successpresents a unique opportunity to study underthe man ESPN hails as the greatest coach ofthe 20th century. Practicing character-basedleadership before the term was invented, JohnWooden consistently led his legendary teamsto victory and has since taught countless businessleaders his fundamentals for achievingand sustaining success.

Now, using this hands-on book based on theacclaimed John Wooden Leadership Course(c), you can interact with Coach to learn andapply his philosophy of world-class leadership.This unique tutorial introduces you tohis core fundamentals of success as a leaderand reinforces them with examples, exercises, quizzes, and quotations. You'll learn how to

• Create a relationship of respect andcamaraderie with those you lead
• Remain alert to opportunity, threats, trends, and changes
• Act with confi dence--but neverarrogance
• Practice moderation and balance inall that you do
• Be a model of poise, grace, and reason--especially under pressure

Coach Wooden's Leadership Game Plan for Successdrives home Mr. Wooden's trademark 12 Lessonsin Leadership and his famous Pyramidof Success.

When you base your leadership style and substanceon Coach's straightforward attitudes, values, and principles, you'll lead your teamand business to success the Wooden way.

The acclaimed guide to leadership excellence and competitive success from one of America's greatest coaches: John Wooden
Talent to spare, or spare on talent, Wooden writes, a leader's goal remains the same, namely, getting the very best out of the people in your organization. In The Essential Wooden he tells readers how to do this and achieve championship results, whether you lead a small team or run a corporation.
When it came to managing a group of individuals and achieving world-class results, no one did it better than Coach John Wooden. This landmark leadership manual presents Wooden's own hand-picked directives and opinions to help you build a dedicated and driven team that performs under pressure.
Coach Wooden unpacks his famous Pyramid of Success and offers new perspectives on achieving Competitive Greatness, filling the entire book with his no-nonsense approach and keen insights on human nature. From Wooden's earliest days as a leader through his historic UCLA dynasty, The Essential Wooden distills a lifetime of learning into the leadership playbook for the 21st century.

U.S. Navy Captain and former Commanding Officer Stew Fisher has the wisdom of years of experience leading men and women in large organizations. In this book, he highlights some of the great leaders of history who have inspired him: Jesus, Abraham Lincoln, Mother Teresa, Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr., and many others who brought about great change to society through their own ability to lead.

Stew Fisher is still a student of leadership and this book will benefit others with his own experiences and studies. It starts with self-mastery: striving for excellence, not perfection. He then walks the reader through how to improve on personal interactions and then extending that to team leadership. Finally, he concludes with leaving a legacy and a legion of future leaders. Legendary UCLA basketball coach John Wooden, who wrote the Foreword before he passed away, had this to say about Leave a Legacy
Stew reveals the secrets great leaders have known throughout the ages: Inspiring leadership comes from the heart, not the head. Too often, however, the leadership we see being used today focuses on 'management techniques' and totally misses what true leadership really is. Leave a Legacy is a timeless and wonderful book that you will want to keep on the shelf and refer to often. It explores the very same principles I used in my long coaching career at UCLA, and more importantly, as a father and a husband.

From the legendary basketball coach who inspired generations of athletes and businesspeople, an inspiring book about the power of mentoring and being mentored.

After eight books, many of them bestsellers, A Game Plan for Life was the one closest to John Wooden's heart: a moving and inspirational guide to the power of mentorship. The first half focuses on the people who helped foster the values that carried Wooden through an incredibly successful and famously principled career, including his father, his college coach, his wife, Mahatma Gandhi, and Mother Teresa. The second half is built around interviews with some of the many people he mentored over the years, including Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Bill Walton. Their testimony takes readers inside the lessons Wooden taught to generations of players, bringing out the very best in them not just as athletes but as human beings.

In all, this is an inspiring primer on how to achieve success without sacrificing principles and how to build one of the most productive and rewarding relationships available to any athlete, businessperson, teacher, or parent-that of mentor and prot g .

From the Foreword written by Coach John Wooden:
In his latest book, Stew explores the soul-searching questions man has asked since he first walked upright and goes on to examine his relationship to a loving God. It is a deep and insightful look at what it means to be human and why we are here.
He reminds us that there is a wonderful purpose for our existence, but it cannot be fulfilled without a strong connection to Almighty God. Disconnected from Him, 'we are nothing more than dust.' But in concert with Him, we can achieve the greatness He intended for each of us.
To be sure, we often stumble. We can be weak, proud, arrogant, cruel, lazy, and unfeeling. But we can also be generous, strong, selfless, creative, kind, and loving. We only rise to our best selves when we seek God's help. Apart from Him, we are nothing.

This inspirational and uplifting book covers these areas (and many more ):
- Jesus, God's Gift to Mankind
- Even the Saints Were Sinners
- Have a Daily Conversation with God
- Our Connection to Those Who Have Died
- Be a Better Person Today Than You Were Yesterday
- Taking Blessings for Granted
- Accumulating Wealth and Possessions
- Comparing Ourselves to Others
- Aging Gracefully
- Regretting the Past and Worrying about the Future
- The Power of Gratitude
- Tapping into the Wisdom of Seniors
- What is Success?
- What Will Your Epitaph Say?

This book is designed to help people overcome and last through their INTERNAL STORMS. People often see us, but they don't really understand what we are going through.

After reading this book, you will be able to hold your head up again.

Everything that was designed to BREAK YOU, ONLY MADE YOU BETTER! Your testimony is going to change the world.

Have you ever been sexually violated?

Do you find yourself fighting for your identity?

Has anger and bitterness almost consumed you?

Have you dealt with rejection?

Did you think your situation or circumstances were going to take you out?

Have you wondered how to handle losses?

Are you literally fighting for your life?

Have you been a victim of an abusive relationship?

Have you ever battled with shame and disgrace?

Do you have an addiction or wrestle that is about to take you under?

Are you still grieving over loved ones without closure?

If you have answered yes to any of the questions above, this book will CHANGE YOUR LIFE FOR THE BETTER.