Coach Wooden and me : our 50-year friendship on and off the court /
Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem, 1947-
Coach Wooden and me : our 50-year friendship on and off the court / Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. - First edition. - 290 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes index.
Prologue: Why it took fifty years to write this book -- When worlds collide: midwestern hick meets Harlem hoopster -- The game is afoot: It's never about winning and other courtside lessons -- Color bind: the unbearable darkness of being black -- What would Wooden do: religion, politics, and keeping the faith -- We've got trouble, right here in Pauley Pavilion: getting lost on Wooden Way -- "Time can bend your knees": the hours of friendship in the days of grief -- Our long day's journey into night.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar explores his 50-year friendship with Coach John Wooden, one of the most enduring and meaningful relationships in sports history.
9781455542277 145554227X
Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem, 1947- --Friends and associates.
Wooden, John, 1910-2010 --Friends and associates.
University of California, Los Angeles--Basketball--History.
Coach-athlete relationships--United States.
African American basketball players--United States--Biography.
Basketball coaches--United States--Biography.
Biographies.
Autobiographies.
Coach Wooden and me : our 50-year friendship on and off the court / Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. - First edition. - 290 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes index.
Prologue: Why it took fifty years to write this book -- When worlds collide: midwestern hick meets Harlem hoopster -- The game is afoot: It's never about winning and other courtside lessons -- Color bind: the unbearable darkness of being black -- What would Wooden do: religion, politics, and keeping the faith -- We've got trouble, right here in Pauley Pavilion: getting lost on Wooden Way -- "Time can bend your knees": the hours of friendship in the days of grief -- Our long day's journey into night.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar explores his 50-year friendship with Coach John Wooden, one of the most enduring and meaningful relationships in sports history.
9781455542277 145554227X
Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem, 1947- --Friends and associates.
Wooden, John, 1910-2010 --Friends and associates.
University of California, Los Angeles--Basketball--History.
Coach-athlete relationships--United States.
African American basketball players--United States--Biography.
Basketball coaches--United States--Biography.
Biographies.
Autobiographies.