George Raveling | Getting Better Every Day
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In this episode Jon Gordon interviews Coach George Raveling. Quoteables below.
George, in his 80\'s at the time of this recording, is a living legend. He is Nike\\u2019s former Director of International Basketball and the first African American head basketball coach in the PAC-8 (now PAC-12).\\xa0
Coach Raveling has held head coaching jobs at Washington State, The University of Iowa, and USC. Following a prolific basketball coaching career, he joined Nike at the request of Phil Knight, where he played an integral role in signing a reluctant Michael Jordan. He\\u2019s also been inducted in the\\xa0Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame\\xa0as well as the\\xa0National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame.
During this conversation George shares his perspective on winning in sports, business and the game of life... as well as a fascinating story of how he came to possess the original copy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.\\u2019s \\u201cI Have a Dream\\u201d speech.
Connect with George on Twitter @GeorgeRaveling or at CoachGeorgeRaveling.com
A few quoteables from this interview:
- Some people say "I don\\u2019t have time." No, all you have is time.\\xa0It\\u2019s how you prioritize your time that matters.
- The problem is\\u2026 we get into WHO is right and WHO is wrong vs WHAT is right and WHAT is wrong.
- Don\\u2019t be so focused on winning on the court that it blinds you from helping those you coach win off the court.
- The minute you think you\\u2019ve won, you\\u2019ve lost. - Phil Knight\\xa0
- Every day I remind myself I am traveling on a path to BETTER.\\xa0
- I ask myself every day: "What did I do today to make myself a better person today than I was yesterday?\\u201d
- I\\u2019ve always had this theory that, if you help enough people get what they want, you\\u2019ll always get what you want.
- Information = KnowledgeKnowledge = WisdomWisdom = Opportunity