"I never scouted other teams. We were better off, I believed, letting them adjust to us. My belief was that we'd be stronger executing our system at the highest possible level than trying to change each week depending on who the opponent was." -- John Wooden
On one hand, it's surprising to think of that philosophy when looking around at businesses today which are constantly scouting the marketplace. For that matter, the sports industry has scouting as its heartbeat whether for player development or game strategy design. Still, it's not only comforting to know that he found extreme success by focusing simply on being the best that he could be -- and we know from earlier passages that he never stopped tinkering with his own system to keep it constantly improving -- but it applies to other arenas of life too. When we stay true to our core values, we persevere through all conditions.
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