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 enlarge | Author: Andrew Hill
Creator: John Wooden
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  28 reviews
Sales Rank: 197669
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 192
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.8
ISBN: 0743213882
Dewey Decimal Number: 650.1
EAN: 9780743213882
ASIN: 0743213882
Publication Date: February 15, 2001
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The teachings of basketball related to the lessons in life! March 29, 2004
Be Quick - But Don't Hurry! by Andrew Hill may be one of the most influential books I have ever read. The author teaches the reader about how to be successful in any aspect of life through the teachings of what John Wooden had taught him at UCLA. John Wooden is arguably the best coach of all time, for any sport or level of play, so it makes sense that the key to his achievement as a coach was based on a plan that truly worked. He called his "plan" the Pyramid of Success, and he enforced it upon every athlete that played for him. Andrew Hill was a great High School basketball player but did not shine in basketball as much at UCLA during the late 1960's and early 1970's, but the lessons he got out of John Wooden lead him to be a business success in the television broadcasting industry for CBS. If you are a fan of basketball, this book will interest you, because it relates basketball to succession in business, and makes the keys to business succession easy to understand. All in all, this book will teach you at least one lesson, and will probably leave you with ideas of changing your life style to achieve exactly what you want in life. This is a definite must read book.
 Review March 26, 2004
This book was very well balanced. It began talking about how Andrew Hill, a high school basketball star, got the oppurtunity to play for the legendary Coach John Wooden and his UCLA Bruins. He was a bench warmer and didn't necesarily believe that Coach Wooden treated his players fairly. After college, Hill became a successful business man. Years later, he realized that he became so successful because of Coach Wooden's lessons in life through basketball. Hill does a good job of relating Coach Wooden's lessons on the court back to life in the business world. He shows that Wooden was not just teaching his players how to be sucessful in basketball, but about being successful in life. The book was very interesting and I enjoyed it!
A college coach's former player says thank you January 14, 2004
This is a really good book, highly readable. It's about the author (Hill) realizing, after 30 years, how much he learned from his college basketball coach (Wooden). Hill then explains the Wooden's philosophy in 21 steps. Good storytelling with a lot of insight.
Be Quick But Don't Hurry = the lessons of life October 21, 2002
This book is a great book which is a quick read becuase of the interesting subject matter it contains.The book was about a friendship with a teacher and Coach who Andrew thought had failed him after being coached by him for three years in college. Though also a reflection of how, after 30 years, Andrew recognized how much he learned from the famous Coach Wooden without knowing he was being taught anything at all. Andrew also describes how the Pyramid of Success relates to management, business, teaching, coaching and even friendships that last for a lifetime. The messages though out the book are Be Quick But, Don't Hurry (also the title of the book) which means don't rush since there is never enough time to be sure of something so balance then becomes everything. Failing to prepare is preparing to fail and the team that makes the most mistakes wins because no one is perfect and those who make mistakes will learn from them and be the winner in the end. I recommend this book to anyone willing to read it becuase they will enjoy it while learning many lessons of life.
Life, success, leadership, relationships August 10, 2002
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Andrew Hill did something that I have never seen an author do before - he wrote a loving and wonderful book about a man whom he bitterly "viewed as a teacher who had failed [him] in his class for three straight years." Hill's journey of introspection and ultimate friendship with his former UCLA basketball coach, the legendary John Wooden, is just half of this great book. The other half is John Wooden's twenty-one secrets, or teachings, for a lifetime of success. I highly recommend this unique and inspiring book to leaders and followers, teachers and scholars, coaches and players, fathers and sons, and husbands and wives.After I read "Wooden" by John Wooden and Steve Jamison, I bought and read this book. I was initially disappointed with Hill's less-than-stellar, yet brutally honest, portrayal of a man for whom I have the deepest respect. I even thought about throwing the book away in disgust. I am glad I decided to keep it and read it all the way. I would have missed out on a truly fascinating and entertaining opportunity to learn many things that are helping me be a better person. I believe the same opportunity exists for anyone who reads this book.
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