Brad Stevens remarks about "soaring with your strengths" to put people to succeed with what they do best. Like Steve Kerr, he describes how mentors changed him. He shares about the Patriots, "the tempo at which they work is incredible...efficient...everybody is on the same page."
Coach Stevens asks how people learn and how hard do they work?
Coach Auriemma depicts people who are great at what they do. "You're going to have to perform in a way that they're going to see something that they cannot see somewhere else...at that concert, did they get every third word wrong?" He explains, "you know that you can't get that just anywhere."
We tell our middle schoolers, "entertain your parents. Play the kind of basketball they want to see." Take lessons and experience from practice and apply them during the games.
Parents don't come to watch lackadaisical effort, poor vision, carelessness with the ball, ball sticking, uncovering defensive assignment, and bad shots. They come to see their child grow and improve, and to see the team play not with each other but for each other.
Auriemma adds, "these guys spend...years...spending that perfect piece of marble. It may take years to finish...if we bring in flawed individuals...we're never going to be able to create the player that we think you can be."
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