[coaching] Is A Difficult Job Which Everyone

I've Had A Desire To Coach For Years. This Was Something I Felt I Should Do.

I Tell Kids To Pursue Their Basketball Dreams, But I Tell Them To Not Let That Be Their Only Dream.

But People Don't Know If I Can Teach The Game. I Know I Can. My Experience In Oklahoma Was Positive. It Opened My Eyes To How The Game Is Played - The Interaction Among Players, Fans And Media, How All That Works. You Have To Know About The Business Of The Game And How The Actions Of Players And Coaches Affect The Business. I Think I Have It Down Now.

I Totally Alienated Some Reporters As I Retreated.

Pride Was His Life Force; For Us It Was A Live Nerve That He Could Teach Us To Brush. One Stroke, A Good Practice, And We Could Tingle For Days ... First, He Found The Pride In Each Of Us, Then He Taught Us How Good It Could Feel. What He Was Ultimately After Was For Every One Of Us To Learn To Light Our Own Fires And Glow Our Brightest.