[gunsequalfreedom]

I hope I am not out of line posting it.

He is where I heard him say it.

I sat next to him for 5 hours on flight from Pittsburgh to Los Angeles. Must admit I did not know who he was when I took my seat. People started walking on the plane asking for his autograph.

After we took off, I said, I suppose I should ask who you are. He had a book with him he had just just written, prerun his publisher had given him to read prior to release. He ended up giving the book to me, signed.

I don't think he intended the statements to be kept secret, after all I was a stranger.

Very nice man. Very down to earth. We talked for a good part of the flight - maybe a couple of hours.

Must admit I am not a big basketball fan, obviously if I did not recognize him. But it was a really nice conversation, not one I have forgotten.

This is the book he gave me.

[ICAB9USA]

Yes.... I saw post #9 earlier. You were a lucky guy.

Mr Wooden was a gem of a human being.

[ICAB9USA]

Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court ………… was published in 1997.

I wonder what he may have been doing in Pittsburgh. Was it a flight layover or maybe something having to do with Pitt basketball. After all, Ben Howland and Jamie Dixon have California/UCLA backgrounds.

Howland was hired at Pitt in 1999 and has been coaching UCLA since 2003.

Howland is a very nice and intelligent man too.

[ICAB9USA]

Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court ………… was published in 1997.

I wonder what he may have been doing in Pittsburgh. Was it a flight layover or maybe something having to do with Pitt basketball. After all, Ben Howland and Jamie Dixon have California/UCLA backgrounds.

Howland was hired at Pitt in 1999 and has been coaching UCLA since 2003.

Howland is a very nice and intelligent man too.