A couple of years ago, Andrew Kamenetzky, who currently blogs for the Los Angeles Times , sat down with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and spoke about what he learned while studying martial arts with Bruce Lee . Basically, Abdul Jabbar compared Lee's teachings to that of all-time great college basketball coach, John Wooden.
"Bruce, more or less, backed up what I had learned from John Wooden," he said. "The whole thing about being prepared and understanding your own skills. What you have to offer and what you don't have to offer. Channeling to your approach to everything specific. It was just an echo of John Wooden, from Hong Kong as opposed to Indiana. You have to be committed. You have to be prepared. You have to be willing to sacrifice to be totally prepared. To be in shape and understand the nature of competition. And he wanted to do that."
In the end, this just seems to reinforce that the philosophy of winning and achievement seems to be pretty similar in all fields. The rules and sports may change, but the attitude of winners stays the same.
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