Wish Coach Wooden A Happy Birthday
October 7th, 2009 by admin
As Coach celebrates another birthday in a life well lived, please celebrate with him and send him your best.
As Coach celebrates another birthday in a life well lived, please celebrate with him and send him your best.
Don Yaeger, Co-Author
A Game Plan for Life
The Power of Mentoring with John Wooden
Coach Wooden,
Wishing you a very happy birthday! Thank you for all that you have given to the world, not just to basketball. You are a blessing.
Katherine Katz
Coach,
I wish you the happiest of birthdays. I miss hearing your wisdom on our long drives. Much love.
Marnie from Coast Federal Bank
Happy Birthday, Coach. I think in some way, you’ve been a mentor to all of us who coach.
Many happy returns…..from someone who thinks you are the best of all time…..
Coach Wooden,
Here’s wishing you the happiest of birthdays on your 99th. I have admired you since I was in high school, and have tried to pattern my coaching philosophy on many of your concepts. I hope that you enjoy good health and many more years.
Jimmy Thompson
Asst. Girls’ BB
Grapevine H.S. Texas
Happy Birthday Coach! Thanks for influencing one of my favorite mentors, John Maxwell. Wishing you 100!
Thanks for all the great memories of Bruin Basketball….grew up in LA and was there for all of it. be well, take care.
Happy Birthday Coach!
Coach:I try to coach my guys as you would coach yours. Enjoy your Birthday and thank you for years of knowledge. :0)
Coach,
Happy Birthday!! There have been lots of good coaches and lots of great coaches, but you are one of the greatest life coaches. Thanks for all the great books that include so much wisom.
Happy Birthday Coach Wooden!
You’ve inspired so many & are the true definition of class & grace. May your special day be filled with family, friends and laughter!
Happy Birthday Coach!
There have been a lot of great basketball coaches but never a better life coach. For all of the enjoyment you brought to our lives and all of the life you brought to our enjoyment: Thank YOU!
Coach — You’ve put up yet another big number, but more important than the years are the lives you’ve touched.
Dear Coach Wooden:
HAPPY 99TH! Thanks for continuing to teach us about values and leadership. I truly value our friendship.
Mike Krzyzewski
Coach Wooden, best wishes and thanks for being the blessing that you are for all these years. I have been coaching high school boys basketball (and football) for 37 years and have long used your books as guides for my teaching the game. On my bedstand is a copy of the devotions you did with Jay Carty which I use daily. A life like you have lived and continue to live blesses all in the profession and all that we touch through basketball. God bless and thanks.
Ed McCall, Meadow Bridge High School
Go Cats!
Hi Coach Wooden,
As a recent UCLA alumni I must say that you remain a great inspiration to those in the Bruin family. Your presence at basketball games coupled with the legacy of wisdom you have built stands as a foundation to the tradition of excellence at our school. Happy Birthday
Just a quick birthday wish to Coach Wooden. Thanks for all you have done for the great game of basketball. Your knowledge and wisdom are second to none. Happy Birthday and wishes for many more!
Coach,
You were so very correct when you famously stated, “Sports doesn’t create character;sports reveals character.” The world has long born witness to your strength of familial and spiritual values, the high moral and ethical compass as evidenced by your role modeling.
What I hope you realize is how far-reaching those lessons travel, for it is not just in the media stories of your UCLA basketball players, like Bill Walton, quoting you on their children’s paper lunch bags. It is generations of English teachers–like me–who use your famous maxims to inspire and motivate students, who often are mired in a home life so barren and devoid of value, that they have a difficult time focusing on the very school work that could one day lift them out of that life. Some of these youngsters play sports and employ the motivation therein, but far many others simply use them to get through their difficult days.
Helen Keller once said, “Be the light you wish to see in the world.” Coach, thank-you for being that light to so many generations whose own personal darkness of spirit and mind sorely needed it. Thank-you for always unequivocally supporting women’s basketball, and for being a continual mentor to UCLA athletes throughout these many years.
God bless you on this birthday and always, from my family to you and yours.
B.G. Rhule
BruinBlitz.com
Coach,
You have been an inspiration to me throughout my career. Your character and integrity have influenced my life in more ways than can be imagined. I am proud to among the thousands of people who are wishing you the happiest of birthdays and extending a great big thank you for all you have done for so many. You are truly AWESOME BABY, WITH A CAPITAL ‘A’!!!! With best wishes, Dick Vitale
Coach,
Happy B-Day! You have made contributions in a positive way to the lives of so many people that they cannot be counted.
God Bless you!
Coach Kevin Sivils
Coach Wooden,
Happy Birthday! You inspire us in so many ways each day. Thanks for what you have done for the game we love so much.
Misty Murphy
Women’s Basketball Coach
University of Evansville
Happy birthday Coach Wooden! Thank you for all the knowledge you have passed on to us basketball coaches. I look forward to reading more of your books and hopefully someday being able to see you speak in person.
Dear Coach,
A very Happy Birthday from all of us at HBO Sports. We will never forget the screening in Westwood as we presented you with our documentary. And Bill Walton said it was the only time in his many years of admiring you that he saw you shed a tear…Happy 99th to the greatest Coach/Philosopher who ever lived.
Ross Greenburg
President, HBO Sports
Dear Coach,
Your life and testimony are a blessing and inspiration to us here in China. Happy 99th Birthday!
(We had the honor of meeting you at Arthur Hsieh’s client luncheon almost 10 years ago. Shortly after, we followed the Lord’s calling to serve in China and Dick Schultz has been an instrumental mentor in our journey here. We’re privileged to hear his stories about you and his life lessons.)
Go Bruins!
Beverly and Morris Li – from Shanghai
Sam Frazier’s Nephew and Family
All wish to you a
“Wonderful and Happy Birthday”…
‘72
‘82
‘01
Love… Skip and Julie Maison
Go Bruins
Happy Birthday Coach! You are forever teaching!
Happy B-Day Coach
Happy Birthday Coach! Thanks for so willingly sharing so much with so many.
“Life to the Full” John 10:10
Happy Birthday! Thanks for all you do! God Bless.
Happy Birthday Coach Wooden. It is amazing what a difference you still make even though you have not coached in so long. Your books and your thoughts are an inspiration for so many of us. God Bless!
Dearest Coach Wooden:
I have never met you but feel I know you through my son, Bob Vigars.
You are his mentor.
I wish to convey my heartfelt regards on your upcoming 99th birthday.
Life is truly worth living and each day is a gift from God.
When we look back at the ’steps’ of our life it is worth noting that every step of the way, no matter how difficult it was, taught us something.
Congratulations on living your life to the fullest.
Most respectfully,
Mary Anne Vigars
I’ve learned so many great lessons from reading about you and your great wisdom. What an amazing man you are! Thank you for all you’ve given to me and so many others. God bless you on your 99th birthday!
Happy Birthday Coach Wooden. Your words help many on a daily basis. Thanks for all you do!
Happy birthday coach! You have no idea how many people you’ve touched over the years.
Joe Sharp
Happy Birthday to the greatest coaching mind of all time. I have never met you Coach, but I have admired the way you live your life. I can only pray that God will take me on a path as important as your walk has been. You are an inspiration for me and all of my teams, every year. Thank you for setting the example that all coaches should strive to emulate.
God Bless,
Angela Chancellor
Atascocita HS golf coach
Houston, Texas
Happy Birthday, Coach. You continue to inspire in countless ways. Best wishes for your happiness and good health.
Happy Birthday Coach Wooden! May your legend live on through all of the people that you have touched. God bless you for making such a positive difference in this world!
Happy Birthday, even though you broke an 11 year old boy’s heart as I watched on a grainy black and white TV as your mighty Bruins thwarted a Seminole uprising in to win yet another NCAA championship.
Happy Birthday Coach Wooden. We love your book Inch and Myles. Daddy reads it to us before bed and we pretend we are Inch and Myles. Thanks for including Daddy and my husband, Bob in your latest book. Our family is honoured!
God Bless you and your family.
Happy 99!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOHN!!!99years old amazing, you’re an inspiration.
From
Kelly
London England
Barnet Bulldogs Basketball Club
Dear Coach Wooden:
I have been a die-hard UCLA fan since I was a pre-teen back in the early 70’s growing up in Iowa Hawkeye territory and my love for UCLA has never wavered. Just want to wish you a very, very Happy Birthday and many more. You are the greatest, Coach.
Alex Nagel
Brooklyn Center, MN.
Coach Wooden,
Though we have never met I feel like I have known you most of my 49 years. I have tried to live my personal, family life and run my company as you would have. While UCLA basketball brought me to know you as a child you, it was a very small part of who you are to me today. Your life experiences and teachings are what I remember you for these days. In life there are few people who try to help make others successful in our own life experiences. I truly believe God brought you to us to show that there is still greatness in mankind. Your life on Earth has been a gift from God to all of us. Happy 99th birthday Coach, God bless you and your family.
Thanks for sharing your life with us.
Derrick
Coach Wooden, You have inspired generations to aspire ! I am grateful for your positive influence in a world that continues more than ever to need role models. Happy Birthday Coach. Regards, John
Happy Birthday, Coach!
Coach Wooden,
Thank you for being an inspiration on a daily basis. Your work ethic, love for; family, friends and basketball, as well as your hunger for life, is parallel to none.
Cheers to you on you your 99th!
Happy Birthday Coach! You continue to be an inspiration to us all. I am really looking forward to your new book.
Coach Wooden, I have allways joyed your teams and most of all ,the matter you are as a person,so humble and caring. I Want to wish a very happy birthday. your fan always. Grant Wong
Happy Birthday and Best Wishes for many more to the best coach in the world (from myself and my family, including seven grandchildren who I hope emulate you in every way).
As a current UCLA student you have been an inspiration in study, athletics and life. Thank you for being such a huge part of this community and what the UCLA name stands for. Wishing you a happy birthday and looking forward to seeing you back on the bleachers for home games. Congratulations.
Happy 99th Coach Wooden- it is amazing to know that you cared for more than just basketball. may God richly bless you this coming year