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John Wooden died last Friday at the age of ninety-nine. He was one of the greatest twentieth-century Americans in sports. He was an (36) college basketball player. He led Purdue University to a national (37) in 1932. After college he was a high school (38) He also taught English for nine years. But where he really made his (39) was at the University of California, Los Angeles. He was head coach of men’s basketball for twenty-seven years. His teams won a (40) of ten national championships. These included seven in a row during the late nineteen sixties and early seventies. The Bruins have won just one other championship since then.
John Wooden was (41) for how he taught the basics of the game, like passing, (42) and moving without the ball. But he also offered life lessons as a speaker and author. His books included the (43) guide Pyramid of Success.
(44) . He says, "I was raised on a small farm in southern Indiana and Dad tried to teach me and my brothers that you should never try to be better than someone else. (45) . That’s under your control. " Those words later helped him with his own definition of success. (46) . The current coach calls John Wooden "the greatest coach in the history of basketball".