This quote is not directly related to the Shaq and Kobe feud. But more a general assessment of the NBA landscape. And I appreciated the frankness. Also, read Relentless by Tim Grover on how anger can put you in the flow and “ Flow” for getting yourself into a state of flow. Chapter 19: CHOP WOOD, CARRY WATER

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A ring symbolizes love and unending connections - Native Americans considered the ring sacred and built their communities around the shape He says the beauty of the system is that every player counts and you can’t simply rely on the superstar to do something.

LIbro que mezcla la parte biográfica deportiva del autor y sus conceptos de como se debe gestionar un grupo lleno de líderes y egos, punto igual de importante para el autor que la propia gestión deportiva.

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The book makes me want to know way more about him though. I'm pretty fascinated with what seems like a deep want to go inward and be very sage/monk-ish vs what continued to drive him to coach and to be open to coach even that last time it didn't work out with the Lakers. I'm interested to see how his children are, what his relationships with ex-wives are like. I'm nosy. Lol.Inspired Dennis Rodman and other 'uncoachable' personalities to devote themselves to something larger than themselves So he stopped press access to training and started introducing some tribal customs from the Lakota Indian tribe. Alpha Dog VS Distributed Leadership

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We got off to a roaring start, winning twenty-one of our first twenty-five games, and by the time we faced the Celtics at home on Christmas, we were a far more spirited team than we’d been during the previous year’s playoffs. We were playing the game the way the “basketball gods” had ordained: reading defenses on the move and reacting in unison like a finely tuned jazz combo. These new Lakers beat the Celtics handily, 92–83, and then danced through the season to the best record in the Western Conference (65-17). That’s why at the start of every season I always encouraged players to focus on the journey rather than the goal. What matters most is playing the game the right way and having the courage to grow, as human beings as well as basketball players. When you do that, the ring takes care of itself. There’s a Zen saying I often cite that goes, “Before enlightenment, chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment, chop wood, carry water.” The point: Stay focused on the task at hand rather than dwelling on the past or worrying about the future.” Most coaches get tied up in knots worrying about tactics, but I preferred to focus my attention on whether the players were moving together in a spirited way. Michael Jordan used to say that what he liked about my coaching style was how patient I remained during the final minutes of a game, much like his college coach, Dean Smith.However, Michael had to win at everything, while Kobe seemed to compete with himself first and foremost. STAGE 3– Focused on individual achievement and a mindset that “I’m great (and you’re not).” The tribe is a tribe of “lone warriors”

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During my junior year, I came into my own, averaging 21.8 points and 12.9 rebounds per game, and was named first team All-American. We won the conference title that year and made the small-college Final Four for the second year in a row, losing in a tight semifinal game to Southern Illinois. The next year I averaged 27.4 points and 14.4 rebounds and scored 50 points twice on the way to making the All-American first team again. The finale of Rings of Power’s first season dramatizes the forging of the three elven Rings of Power in succinct fashion. A bit of mithril, a bit of Valnorian gold and silver, a few gems, and boom: You’ve got Vilya, Nenya, and Narya, the legendary artifacts themselves. Interestingly, the other players weren’t consciously aware that they were anticipating their teammate’s behavior. It wasn’t an out-of-body experience or anything like that. But somehow, mysteriously, they just sensed what was going to happen next and made their moves accordingly.As I see it, my job as a coach was to make something meaningful out of one of the most mundane activities on the planet: playing pro basketball. Despite all the glamour surrounding the sport, the process of playing day after day in one city after another can be a soul-numbing exercise. That’s why I started incorporating meditation into practices. I wanted to give players something besides X’s and O’s to focus on. What’s more, we often invented rituals of our own to infuse practices with a sense of the sacred. Managed Michael Jordan, the greatest player in the world, and got him to embrace selflessness, even if it meant losing a scoring title One thing I’ve learned as a coach is that you can’t force your will on people. If you want them to act differently, you need to inspire them to change themselves. All of these “treasures” have been integral to my coaching, but compassion has been the most important. In the West we tend to think of compassion as a form of charity, but I share Lao-tzu’s view that compassion for all beings—not least of all oneself—is the key to breaking down barriers among people. Some coaches insist on having the last word, but I always tried to foster an environment in which everyone played a leadership role, from the most unschooled rookie to the veteran superstar. If your primary objective is to bring the team into a state of harmony and oneness, it doesn’t make sense for you to rigidly impose your authority.