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LOS ANGELES — Stroll through UCLA's sun-kissed campus and you'll find reminders of the man who built one of college basketball's greatest programs half a century ago.
His famous maxims—"The best way to improve a team is to improve yourself," "Winning takes talent, to repeat takes character," "Make each day your masterpiece"—line the concourse inside Pauley Pavilion. His bronze, bespectacled likeness stands guard right outside. You'll catch his name draped across the student gym and his face at the local Trader Joe's.
Portraits of John Wooden at Trader Joe's in WestwoodJosh Martin
But nowhere could you see John Wooden's legacy acted out more vividly this season than on the court that bears his and his wife Nell's name at Pauley.