I don't really like motivational speeches. They're too generalized and broad plus they are all common sense. No matter how many speeches you heard, if you're just a lazy ass, you remain a lazy ass. Some guys believe it takes a woman to change a man's life. That's just weak. It also takes a woman to ruin them.
Anyway, John Wooden is retired college basketball coach and a member Basketball Hall of Fame both as player and coach. He won 10 National Championships in 12 years while at UCLA. This is unmatched by any other college basketball coach.
When he first signed as their coach in 1948, UCLA just had 12-13 losing season. He quickly turned this around in his very first year where UCLA became PCC Southern Division Champion with a 22-7, the most wins for a UCLA season since it started playing basketball in 1919. They also won 3 consecutive seasons making him the champion coach in his 4 years with UCLA.
In his last 12 seasons. He won 10 of them including 7 in a row from 1967 to 1973. His UCLA teams also had a record winning streak of 88 games and four perfect 30–0 seasons. In 1972, he was Sports Illustrated magazine's Sportsman of The Year Awards. According to his own writings, he turned down an offer to coach the Los Angeles Lakers.
He is now 99 years old. I admire his speech because it's very specific, clear and witty. He loves poetry very much and this is evident in this speech. I watched the video for 4 times without getting tired of it.
"The Journey Is Better Than The End"
Cervantes as quoted by John Wooden
References:
1. wikipedia.org
2. ted.com
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