Wooden: Rich in the Things That Count

Thank you for Bill Dwyre’s interview with John Wooden (“At the Feet of the Master,” March 29). The sports world once had many heroic figures like Wooden, people with a more high-minded purpose than “show me the money.” Some may pity Wooden because he didn’t retire a wealthy man, but he clearly has more riches than many of today’s sports figures are ever likely to see.

Steve Mills

Glendale

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It’s encouraging to read about someone who is living a life based on such sound principles. Perhaps Dwyre’s article will move some of the rest of us to pay more attention not to how much we can take but to what we can give to others.

John Barkman

South Pasadena

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Wooden was my mother’s hero. She was a true-blue Bruin who idolized the man and his accomplishments. A tribute to the ex-coach graces the back of her headstone in Evergreen Cemetery in East L.A. She’d have been moved to tears by the article.

Kerry Kunitomi Cababa

Torrance

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Dwyre wonders if there is another person like Wooden out there. No, Bill, there is no one like John Wooden. He is as good as it gets.

Gary N. Stern

Los Angeles