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#140 - Daily MG - Wooden on Leadership by John Wooden - 6 of 6

"Fred Slaughter on Wooden: A cool leader prevents overheating. I think there were four or five games in my career at UCLA when we started out behind something like 18-2 - just getting killed. I’d look over at Coach Wooden, and there he’d sit on the bench with his program rolled up in his hand - totally unaffected, almost like we were ahead. And I’d think to myself, “Hey, if he’s not worried why should I be worried? Let’s just do what the guy told us to do. And you know what? We won all those games except one, and even that was close. It’s the doggonest experience to see that. He was cool when it counted; his confidence and strength became ours."

John Wooden is ESPN's Coach of The Century and won 10 NCAA D1 basketball championships in 12 years.

#139 - Daily MG - Wooden on Leadership by John Wooden - 5 of 6

"Laws of learning: Explanation, demonstration, imitation, correction when necessary (and it usually is), then repetition."

John Wooden is ESPN's Coach of The Century and won 10 NCAA D1 basketball championships in 12 years.

#138 - Daily MG - Wooden on Leadership by John Wooden - 4 of 6

"Firm and flexible. On this particular day, as Bill Walton [an all american] prepared to step onto our bus, he did not look “clean and neat” - keep in mind, this was during the hippie era. I would not allow him on the bus and sent him home. He had violated a rule I viewed as important, one that connected to a bigger picture. To have ignored his appearance would have sent a bad message to his teammates: Bill Walton gets special treatment because he’s so important. “Bill can break the rules, but you guys can’t.” This perception not only creates dissension, in my opinion, but it soon leads to others breaking any rule they want. Ultimately, no rules matter, and everyone does whatever he or she wants."

John Wooden is ESPN's Coach of The Century and won 10 NCAA D1 basketball championships in 12 years.

#137 - Daily MG - Wooden on Leadership by John Wooden - 3 of 6

“There is a choice you have to make, in everything you do .So keep in mind that in the end, the choice you make, makes you.” - Anonymous. Wooden says, “All we’ve worked so hard to accomplish on the court today can be torn down quickly, in a matter of minutes, if you make the wrong choices between now and our next practice.”

John Wooden is ESPN's Coach of The Century and won 10 NCAA D1 basketball championships in 12 years.

#136 - Daily MG - Wooden on Leadership by John Wooden - 2 of 6

John Wooden won 10 NCAA national championships in 12 years, including 88 straight games and four perfect seasons. He was also named coach of the century by ESPN.

"First, be true to yourself and your core values. Then, be true to those under your leadership."

#135 - Daily MG - Wooden on Leadership by John Wooden - 1 of 6

"I tried hard to teach those under my supervision to do the same, to understand that success was within their reach, regardless of the score, standings, or opinion of others. Make no mistake: We all want to win the race."

John Wooden won 10 NCAA national championships in 12 years, including 88 straight games and four perfect seasons. He was also named coach of the century by ESPN.

#134 - Daily MG - Life is Yours to Win by Augie Garrido - 6 of 6

"I can bore people to death with my philosophies and schedules on practice, but I’ve also been known to make things interesting by providing watermelons to the team that wins our scrimmages, or burning stuffed chimpanzees at the stake on the pitcher’s mound to “get the monkey off our backs” when we haven’t been playing well and can’t get over it.

[One practice], I blew my whistle, and my top… because our players weren’t putting out much effort in practice or in games. So, in a sense, they were practicing like they played and playing like they practiced, but not at a high level; they were loafing on the practice field and on the ball diamond. “You are not focused and you are not doing your best,” I lamented. Then, searching for a way to grab their attention, I said, “You all know the fencing coach here. He’s a former Olympic competitor, a great swordsman. But do you know that if he challenged me to a duel, I would win? Yes, I would win because if he came at me with his sword, I’d pull out a gun and I’d shoot that son of a bitch. I wouldn’t have a chance against him if all I had was another sword. I’d have to find another way to beat him. That’s what this team needs to realize. We an’t beat anybody right now unless we find a different way to do it because their fundamentals are better than ours. We need a different way to win. I’m trying to teach you how to practice to win. I’m giving you that different way, but so far, you won’t take it! I’ve got the guns for you, but you are all holding on to you swords and you’re going to get cut to pieces!”

Augie Garrido is the winningest coach in NCAA D1 baseball history.

#133 - Daily MG - Life is Yours to Win by Augie Garrido - 5 of 6

"The Church of Baseball is not your typical bricks-and-mortar house of worship. Instead, it’s a spiritual bond held together by selfless and supportive relationships. It rises up whenever individual players come together as teammates, inspiring each other, supporting each other, and doing whatever it takes to score runs and win games."

Augie Garrido is the winningest coach in NCAA D1 baseball history.

#132 - Daily MG - Life is Yours to Win by Augie Garrido - 4 of 6

"I opened our first team meeting of the 2009 season by restating the rules of the road for our team: 1) You know what’s right, so do what’s right. 2) We’re all seeking perfection yet we all know that we’re imperfect. 3) Failure provides us with the opportunity to learn. If you learn from your failures, you will become a more successful athlete and a better person."

Augie Garrido is the winningest coach in NCAA D1 baseball history.

#131 - Daily MG - Life is Yours to Win by Augie Garrido - 3 of 6

"I can quickly tell whether a young man is a player or prospect by his response to one question: “If I tell you that I want you to play a different position on our team than the one you customarily play, what will you tell your teammates when they ask you why you switched positions?” The bona fide ballplayer will instinctively answer, “Because Coach felt it would help the team win.” The prospect won’t usually have an answer for me because he doesn’t want to be moved to another position. He will see it as a threat to his future earnings. He is involved in the team but not committed to it."

Augie Garrido is the winningest coach in NCAA D1 baseball history.