Born on October 14. 1920 – John Robert Wooden was an amazing coach, player, and motivational figure. Unfortunately the man died just a few days ago on June 4, but his legacy lives on forever.

We honor Mr. Wooden not only because of things such as him being the first person ever enshrined as a member in the Basketball Hall of Fame as both a player (inducted in 1961) and as a coach (inducted in 1973) proving his great abilities, but because of his dedication to morals.

He has famous quotes such as “Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are” and we take that into account because we ourselves will never sell-out our dedication to being a brand of substance.

John Wooden was extremely dedicated to his Christian morals and his beliefs were more important to him than basketball. He once stated, “I have always tried to make it clear that basketball is not the ultimate. It is of small importance in comparison to the total life we live. There is only one kind of life that truly wins, and that is the one that places faith in the hands of the Savior.” Wooden’s faith strongly influenced his life. We highly respect that here at Lethal Inspiration and personally one of my biggest mottos is “If you love or believe something you should be ready to fight to the death for it. I mean just listen to my firs mix-tape (The Preface) and a song called “Don’t Fear the Reaper.” . . Anyway, Mr. Wooden read the Bible daily and attended the First Christian Church. He said that he hopes his faith is apparent to others specifically by saying, “If I were ever prosecuted for my religion, I truly hope there would be enough evidence to convict me.”

To sum this all up I would like to say Thank You Mr. Wooden for being an inspiration to many that not only do you have to be great on the court and achieve phenomenal things of this world, but you must also do so without ever selling out and being a man with a great heart.

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