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Call Yourself a Teacher
Kentucky’s legendary basketball coach, Adolph Rupp, winner of 103
four NCAA championships, defeated UCLA each of the two times we
met. All the more reason for me to call him and discuss basketball.
And I did. Coach Rupp, in turn, had studied the game under the leg-
endary University of Kansas coach, “Phog” Allen. Good leaders rec-
ognize that other productive leaders are a valuable resource.

Remember That a Good Demonstration Tops
a Great Description.
This adage is most apparent in sports, but it applies equally
elsewhere. Memos, discussions, and verbal instructions have merit.
Demonstration, however, is often the most effective tool for
change.

ON WOODEN
Denny Crum: UCLA Varsity, 1958–1959; Assistant Coach,
1969–1971; three national championships

KEEP TEACHING; KEEP LISTENING,
KEEP LEARNING
Coach Wooden’s teaching was so effective because he was so
well organized with his details. Everything was written out on
the 3 × 5 cards and in notebooks: What was happening from
3:07 to 3:11; what we’d do from 3:11 to 3:17; who was doing
what when. Nothing was left to chance, every minute was ac-
counted for—every single minute.
And he was extremely disciplined in keeping to the sched-
ule. I saw that when I was his assistant coach, and I saw it
when I arrived at UCLA as a player. He taught details.