Former San Diego Chargers and Chicago Bears defensive coordinator, and now Carolina Panthers Head Coach Ron Rivera, said, in his first press conference with the team, “We’re looking for teachers. We’re looking for guys that are going to be really good in the classroom and out on the field, and that will make that commitment to the players.”
Hiring teachers is an excellent first step towards overcoming and going beyond, but for sustained improvement, teachers must become mentors.
Bill Walton, former NBA and UCLA basketball star, says about legendary UCLA basketball coach John Wooden – who coached Walton – “Wooden didn’t teach us basketball; he taught us life.”
John Wooden was not just a teacher – John Wooden went beyond teaching into Mentoring. His results on the court, of course, were phenomenal, with ten national championships in twelve years and a career winning percentage over 80%.
Read the rest at http://bleacherreport.com/articles/572069-john-wooden-teaching-and-carolina-panthers-head-coach-ron-rivera
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