Baller-in-Chief

(From NBC Sports Online)

Legendary former UCLA coach admits he still loves watching his Bruins play

SN: Your home has photographs of Abraham Lincoln and Mother Teresa. Are they heroes of yours?

WOODEN: Abraham Lincoln is my favorite American, and I have many, many books and pictures of him. And the person who has lived in my lifetime for whom I have the most admiration and respect is Mother Teresa, and I have a lot of pictures and books of her, too. I just missed seeing her. I had received the Medal the year after she did, and she was going to come back and be the presenter to me, but she wasn’t able to make it. I would have loved to meet her.

SN: Did you ever believe you would live to see the election of America’s first black president?

WOODEN: No, I never thought I’d live this long under any circumstances.

SN: If you could give advice to Barack Obama, what would it be?

WOODEN: Be like Lincoln.

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