The NPR "Wild Card" podcast inspired this piece. Guests answer questions picked from a deck of card questions. Author Margaret Atwood (The Handmaid's Tale) was the guest. She said, "high aspirations, low expectations..." and "you know things when you're older than when you're 20."
The guest randomly picks the cards. Here are a few worthy candidates:
What was the best advice you ever got?
A. Be more assertive.
What's a piece of advice you were smart to ignore?
A. Pass.
What's an experience from childhood that made you realize your parents were human?
A. We were never poor, but never had extra money for 'real' vacations.
What was a disappointing experience that now feels like a blessing?
A. Having medical training in the Navy instead of the private sector turned out advantageous.
How do you manage envy (that you feel toward others)?
A. My job includes, "always do your best." Envy is no part of being our best.
Have you ever had a premonition about something that came true?
A. I anticipated being in a serious automobile accident and delayed entering an intersection by a few seconds. A driver sped through a red light who would have T-boned me.
Have your feelings about death changed over time?
A. Don't fear death; fear suffering.
What's your best defense against despair?
A. Self-belief. Confidence comes from proven success.
Lagniappe. What card questions do we suggest people think about? Food for thought...
- Why was your favorite coach the favorite?
- What was the best playing advice you got?
- Who gave you the best advice as a coach?
- What book taught you the most about basketball?
- Who in basketball, living or dead, would you like to lunch with?
- What was your most disappointing experience in basketball?
- What's the number one reason you coach?
- Who was your favorite teammate?
- What was your worst coaching experience?
- What would you change about coaching young players?
- What do you think you do that other coaches won't?
- What would you do over if restarting your coaching career?
Lagniappe 2. A big in the weakside slot messes up defensive rotation.
5 Slot Evolution
— Bowser2Bowser (@bowser2bowser) October 26, 2024
Quin Snyder's year-old innovation is slowly spreading around the league, from the Celtics to the Jazz to the Hornets
...or how simply moving the center to the weakside slot forces defenses to rethink — or overthink — their typical rotations pic.twitter.com/K6Zii6VPVq
Lagniappe 3. Repetitions are the mother of success.
One thing that all great players have in common
— Hoop Herald (@TheHoopHerald) October 25, 2024
REPS, REPS, REPS, AND MORE REPS
watch them workout
They aren’t complaining, they aren’t taking breaks. They are getting that work in and fine tuning their skills over and over
(Via @PureSweat 🎥)
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