JOHN WOODEN vs A TV PERSONALITY

FROM JOHN WOODEN

  • “Pray for guidance and give thanks for your blessings every day.”
  • “Drink deeply from good books, especially the Bible.” 

(John Wooden…coach of the mens’ basketball team at UCLA between 1948 and 1975.)

 

FROM A CERTAIN TV PERSONALITY

“It’s much better than the truth, which is that things are random…We don’t know why we’re here…We’re alone in the universe.  Is there a God?…Which one is the right God? …Nobody knows.”

 

Do these facts about the late 1960’s/early 1970’s look random to you?

  • 1966…TIME asks on a cover “Is God dead?”
  • 1967…UCLA wins the first of seven consecutive NCAA men’s basketball tournaments.
  • 1968…UCLA wins the second of seven consecutive NCAA men’s basketball tournaments.
  • 1969…UCLA wins the third of seven consecutive NCAA mens’ basketball tournaments.
  • 1970…UCLA wins the fourth of seven consecutive NCAA mens’ basketball tournaments.
  • 1971…UCLA wins the fifth of seven consecutive NCAA mens’ basketball tournaments.
  • 1972…UCLA wins the sixth of seven consecutive NCAA mens’ basketball tournaments.
  • 1973…UCLA wins the last of seven consecutive NCAA mens’ basketball tournaments.

There are plenty of other compelling events exclusive to the late 1960’s/early 1970’s.

  • plenty:  more than an adequate amount
  • compelling:  convincing
  • exclusive:  excluding others from participating
  • exclude:  to prevent or restrict the entrance of