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@jaybate 1.0-Thank you for the compliment, an Andrew C technique if there ever was one! True success is not measured by what we accomplish or gain on the material level in this life, in wins & losses or championships & accolades. But rather the legacy of the ones we ultimately leave behind, & their ideals, ethics & morality are the testaments. Everyman does & says many things throughout the course of life’s journey that they (we) are certainly not proud of, & even ashamed of. But the character deeply buried in one’s heart & soul is that which his epitaph is finally scribed. Lao Tzu said, “Knowledge without being means nothing.” In other words, the ability & skills to assimilate that knowledge is ultimately the key. What is the true value of the scientist who’s contributions save the world from cancer, if when he goes home at night he beats his wife & children? Wooden was a man of great genius, complexity, & reserve. Quite simply the qualities created by his education, his Christian upbringing, & his perseverance to the drudgery & labor of rural life in the 1920’s & 30’s. He was a brilliant combination of the factors that equate, quite simply, to one’s glass either being half full or half empty, along with the fierce & intensive drive to push himself & those around him to competitive greatness through the efforts of persistence, stamina, & endurance. It also is worth great discernment that he was a clever genius of phycology as well as a student of the game created by the great Dr Naismith. Again, thanks.
