John Wooden: Conversation Between Character And Reputation

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ENGL 2512 Quotation Paper 2/17/2013 “Be more concerned with your character than your reputation”. – John Wooden “Be more concerned with your character than your reputation because your character is what you really are while your reputation is what others think you are.” – John Wooden. John Wooden was a basketball coach at University of California, Los Angeles who won 10 consecutive championships. As a creative coach, he accomplished his team’s needs by creating a pyramid of success. This quote was beneficial during his coaching years to help discipline his players. The team had a reputation for winning so many games; but, he wanted to teach his players that building their character is more important than being seen as winners. It is merely what everyone else sees them as only. Mr. Wooden worries more about his students’ character than their reputation because character repeats champions not reputation. Unfortunately, the quoted stated that we should be more concerned with our character than our reputation because it is more than what we display for others to see. Character means having a set of qualities to make somebody or something different. Your character…show more content…
As a shadow shifts over time as the day progresses, the same can be said for all of us. The way others think of how you change from time to time depends on what light is shined on you, which way the light casted the shadow, and where you stand in relation to the source of the light. As for the trees, it goes through the daily cycle of shifting lights and changing seasons from swaying of leaves in the fall, rain and hail in the spring, or snow storms in the winter. It bends back and forth only so far in a gentle breeze, but resists against strong wind. The tree is what it is, and still remained the same regardless of the light being shown on it or whenever the seasons

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