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When You Are Speaking To Your Team After A Game, Never Talk About The Kid Who Was The Star Of The Game. Talk About What Your Other Players Did To Help The Team Win. Be Sure To Spread The Wealth... Then Have Individual Meetings With One To Three Players To Praise And Reinforce. Make Sure You Touch Them.

Basketball Was Not My Main Sport In Grade School, Or Even The First Year Of High School.

My Parents Didn't Really Understand Too Much About Sport. At That Time, We Were In A Polish Community In The Inner City Of Chicago, And I Was The Youngest Of A Bunch Of Cousins. Polish Families Are Real Big, With Cousins And Aunts And Uncles.

Once You Win A National Championship, How Do You Do That Again? How Do You Get The Passion To Do That Again? We Won It Again Right Away, The Next Year. A Lot Of It Had To Do With The Fact That I Didn't Give Myself An Opportunity To Enjoy The First One.

Effective Teamwork Begins And Ends With Communication