April 1997
Beginner
240 pages
5h 3m
English
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Personal Glory Is Secondary
The recognition I received at UCLA was fine, but mainly I was happy for the teams and the youngsters on those teams. The recognition I received was not all that important. Recognition appeals to the ego, but it is a secondary consideration and is often counterproductive.
Don’t get me wrong. I enjoy a little attention as much as the next person, because I recall a time when there was very little.
When I was discharged from the service in January of 1946, I resumed a position teaching English in South Bend, Indiana, where I had been before enlisting in 1942.
While teaching and coaching there, I was invited to be the featured keynote speaker at a ceremony in neighboring Elkhart, Indiana, to honor those deserving special ...