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John Wooden: Track And Field Coach
John Wooden might have been the coach I needed when participating in Track and Field for my local high school in Madera, CA. Since it was the first and only high school sport I chose to take part in, mostly due to the fact my friends were on the team, I was unfamiliar with what a good coach was and if he or she would actually make an athlete out of me. Reading about Wooden’s dissatisfaction with society’ focus on grades rather than one’s effort and his choice to focus on developing his player’s bodies and minds rather than hounding them to win, I have realized that my Track and Field coach is also one of those men who would have us perform to the best of our ability and lose rather than give a lackluster performance and win simply because of

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