Looking back, which parts of your working life mattered, and which parts only seemed important at the time?

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John Wooden Basketball coach at UCLA, 1948-1975; winner of ten NCAA championships

That's all I was: a teacher. That's all I was as a basketball coach, just a teacher.

Recorded Academy of Achievement interview, 28 October 2000 source ↗

Sir Roger Bannister Middle-distance runner and neurologist; first man to run a mile in under four minutes

So the values were career, medicine. Sport was something other, something to be set aside.

Recorded Academy of Achievement interview, 7 June 2002 source ↗

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