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Summary: For Teachers, Managers, Basketball Fans, Men and Their Wives
Review: Be Quick But Don't Hurry is not only a great and quick read, but Andy Hill's application of the 23 "Secrets" (Wooden's Pyramid of success)that Coach John Wooden utilized in coaching the most successful teams in the history of college basketball are transferable to teaching, business, the non-profit sector, management and even friendships. Hill's touching relationship with Wooden speaks to the lives of any man who thinks of his own father, for better and worse. After 30 years, Hill recognized that his own personal success in business was fundamentally influenced by what the Coach taught him and his team mates. This book can be of good use by teachers, clergy (of which I am one), managers in large and small business, students, athletes, men and their wives who want to better understand their husband's relationships not only with other men, but more importantly with their fathers.
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Summary: A Book for Teachers, Managers, Wives and Basketball Lovers
Review: Be Quick But Don't Hurry, by Andy Hill with John Wooden is not only a great and quick read, but Wooden's Pyramid of Success and Hill's description of how he utilized them as a former player of Wooden at UCLA is easily transferable to all business, teaching, and to anyone interested in discovering Wooden's secrets of success as a basketball coach. The book is also a touching story of Hill's realizing 30 years after playing for Wooden, how important he was/is in his life. For men today, their relationships with their fathers are often conflicted and tortured. But Hill's relationship with his mentor, Coach Wooden, is a model about what can happen in a teacher/pupil, employer/employee, mentor/disciple relationship. I recommend this book to teachers, clergy (of which I am one), managers of business and in the non-profit sector, for basketball fans, and for men and their wives. For women, this book will likely give you insight into who your husbands are and what they need from the men in their lives.
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Summary: Inspirational even for the non-sports fan or business reader
Review: Even if you don't know who John Wooden is, this manual for living will inspire you. Author Andy Hill's combined experience as an athlete on a championship team and as a successful entertainment executive, gives him a unique ability to explore and present original strategies for playing the Game of Life.
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Summary: Thought provoking excellent summaries of Wooden's Secrects
Review: I bought this book because I'm an admirer of John Wooden and his leadership principles. While the book lists John Wooden as a coauthor, he would be more appropriately described as the writer of the forward and the afterword. The greatest value of the book comes from the 21 Secrets that are accredited to Wooden (e.g., secret #17, Focus on your team, not on your opposition). The majority of the book is however written by Andrew Hill who was a former UCLA player and was a former President at CBS. I admire Hill's series Touched by an Angel, even though I had never heard of him before. Mr. Hill's dialogue is sometimes distracting and can sometimes sound like a plea for his own self-worth (he was bench-warmer during college), yet builds his credibility after he reconnects how his professional success is attributable to what he learned from the Wizard of Westwood (Wooden). While sometimes distracting, it does give a good first-person perceptive from someone who succeeded later in life and made me appreciate the book more as a personal-development/management book than a sports-book. As an MBA student at UC Davis (go Aggies!) I fully agree with the simple elegance of Wooden's style. If the book would have been written by Bill Walton, it probably would have better suited for a sports-nut and not as a management book. The revealing of Wooden as a great coach and a person who admits that he is not perfect makes the book interesting and thought-provoking. The lesson of the book is that it is often much later in life that we learn the value of what we have been taught. I would recommend this book for anyone who is a fan of Wooden, his philosophy regarding his Pyramid of Success, someone who is a die-hard Bruin fan, and anyone who wants to learn good fundamental team-coaching skills.
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Summary: Thought provoking excellent summaries of Wooden's Secrects
Review: I bought this book because I'm an admirer of John Wooden and his leadership principles. While the book lists John Wooden as a coauthor, he would be more appropriately described as the writer of the forward and the afterword. The greatest value of the book comes from the 21 Secrets that are accredited to Wooden (e.g., secret #17, Focus on your team, not on your opposition). The majority of the book is however written by Andrew Hill who was a former UCLA player and was a former President at CBS. I admire Hill's series Touched by an Angel, even though I had never heard of him before. Mr. Hill's dialogue is sometimes distracting and can sometimes sound like a plea for his own self-worth (he was bench-warmer during college), yet builds his credibility after he reconnects how his professional success is attributable to what he learned from the Wizard of Westwood (Wooden). While sometimes distracting, it does give a good first-person perceptive from someone who succeeded later in life and made me appreciate the book more as a personal-development/management book than a sports-book. As an MBA student at UC Davis (go Aggies!) I fully agree with the simple elegance of Wooden's style. If the book would have been written by Bill Walton, it probably would have better suited for a sports-nut and not as a management book. The revealing of Wooden as a great coach and a person who admits that he is not perfect makes the book interesting and thought-provoking. The lesson of the book is that it is often much later in life that we learn the value of what we have been taught. I would recommend this book for anyone who is a fan of Wooden, his philosophy regarding his Pyramid of Success, someone who is a die-hard Bruin fan, and anyone who wants to learn good fundamental team-coaching skills.
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Summary: 3rd book I've read on coach Wooden and still fresh
Review: I have also purchased and read They Call Me Coach and Wooden by Steve Jamison. I was a little concerned that I might find some redundancy in this latest book. My fears were unfounded. Andrew Hill brings a lot of experiences that I can relate to in this book (and I don't particularly like basketball). Sorry, coach. I wasn't fond of how some of my past coaches had treated me as a player. Andrew Hill hit a nerve, struck a chord, and then helped me resolve some baggage that I had been carrying for way too long. You can't say that reading a book is always a profound lesson. This clearly was for me, and I look forward to sharing it with future generations.
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Summary: What a great little book!
Review: I really enjoyed this book by Andy Hill. Not until he realized his own successes and failures did he fully see all that he learned from coach Wooden. The foundational principles taught by coach Wooden are one's that we can all admire. "Make each day your masterpiece." Buy this book, then give it to a friend.
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Summary: Inspirational
Review: John Wooden is one of the most successful coaches in the history of Basketball, so trusting in his own "Pyramid of Success" will be easy. I was surprisingly inspired by this book, and now I truly believe that I can achieve success in my own life by using his guide. Andrew Hill's writting is personal, yet understandable, and certainly kept me interested. This book is an easy read with a great message that is sure to inspire anyone.
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Summary: Inspirational
Review: John Wooden is one of the most successful coaches in the history of Basketball, so trusting in his own "Pyramid of Success" will be easy. I was surprisingly inspired by this book, and now I truly believe that I can achieve success in my own life by using his guide. Andrew Hill's writting is personal, yet understandable, and certainly kept me interested. This book is an easy read with a great message that is sure to inspire anyone.
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Summary: Be Quick . . .To Read This Book
Review: John Wooden may be the greatest leader by example in modern times, not simply within the sports realm. "Be Quick. . .But Don't Hurry" is a revealing portrait from the eyes and ears of his former player, Andy Hill. Hill is amazingly candid in that his "epiphany," his realization that, 30 years after he played for Wooden, the master's teachings had shaped his life so profoundly, moved Hill to re-ignite a relationship with the man with whom he had clashed so much as a youngster. The reader is the beneficiary of the renewed association between teacher and student. This book will uplift the spirits of anyone who reads it and offers a clear path for success, no matter what vocation any individual may be in. Unequivocally recommended.
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