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"I feel like there should be more black head coaches."
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"And historically the owners have used loyalty to a team or a city to hold players as opposed to always paying their worth."
Politics
"Players today are concerned about the money, but the large dollars only go to those players who are the best."
Money
"Take the time to discover how African-Americans have had a great impact on this country. In science, education, literature, art, and politics."
Politics
"I think that most minorities have experienced some form of racial abuse."
Abuse
"Very often we see coaches who have not been successful being recycled, instead of looking to a new face or a new name who has demonstrated the ability to handle the job."
Success
"If a player demonstrated that he is the best, and a team decides, even so, we don't want to pay him, as in any other business, he should be able to play elsewhere."
Business
"I believe that today's players who are Christians feel that it's important and their responsibility to acknowledge their faith."
Faith
"Professional sports is a business."
Business
"I took several years of dance lessons that included ballet, tap and jazz. They helped a great deal with body control, balance, a sense of rhythm, and timing."
Dance
"We talk about freedoms for African-Americans but unless you have more than one option politically, how free are you?"
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"Very good coaches for ski jumpers stand at the top of the slope and watch the jumpers prepare, rather than standing at the bottom and watching them land."
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Personal Development
"Working on the accent helped, enormously. I will tell you that when I brought Michael a correct "British" accent, one that my dialect coach was happy with, he hated it."
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Personal Development
"You are only as good as the coach thinks you are."
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Personal Development
"Coaches aren't concentrating enough of the technical part of this game and that could lead to injuries."
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Personal Development
"A lifetime contract for a coach means if you're ahead in the third quarter and moving the ball, they can't fire you."
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Personal Development
"Coaching in the NBA is not easy. It's like a nervous breakdown with a paycheck."
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Personal Development
"There's nothing like playing. You can coach and you can be around the game, but there is nothing like playing. It's just so much fun."
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Personal Development
"When you coach as long as I did, you can't help but miss those Saturdays - dealing with the players, the game preparation, the challenges, the excitement."
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Personal Development
"The coach's job is to get the best players and get them to play together."
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Personal Development
"I want to see if the player communicates with his teammates and how he responds to coaching. Another thing to remember is players' bodies can develop better than their skills."
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