Andrew Hill

Focus implies calm, intelligent, laserlike attention, and those who marveled at the precision of the well-oiled UCLA basketball teams could tell that focus, and not emotion, was our driving force. Coach was not manic; he was always calm and measured.

Coach Wooden knew that he had to demonstrate the behavior he expected his players to exhibit.

The philosophy of avoiding peaks and valleys is also an outgrowth of Coach’s extremely long-range view of life... Winning a championship was a worthy accomplishment, but it did not signal an end of something, but rather a part of a much longer continuum.

Truly gifted executives end their sentences with question marks, not exclamation points.

Be quick, but don’t hurry . . . and always be in balance.

Winning was a by-product of effort, not an end product.

It is ludicrous to expect quickness and no mistakes, and Coach always wanted quickness.

Concentrate on the things that are under your control, and strive for the peace of mind that comes not from victory, but from knowing that you’ve done your very best.

Sometimes untalented teams can overcome much more talented opponents as a result of outstanding preparation and execution. And the truly talented *and* prepared team is virtually impossible to beat.