My Personal Best

This book is about John Wooden's life, and how he matures into the great person that he is today. The book starts with Wooden talking about his childhood, on a farm in Indiana. About 90 years later, he can still remember the rules for living his father Joshua Wooden set for him. For example, one of the rules he said was "Make Friendship a fine art"(Wooden 18). What an important rule that is for everyone, because you can always count on a close friend. In the next section, Wooden recalls the rest of his role models and then moves into his experiences playing basketball. Little does he know, that he will become the most famous and respected part of basketball ever, but from the sideline.