Gregg Popovich
Gregg Popovich
Gregg Charles Popovichis an American basketball coach who is currently the head coach of the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association. Taking over as coach of the Spurs in 1996, Popovich is the longest tenured active coach in both the NBA and all US major sports leagues. He is often referred to as "Coach Pop" or simply "Pop"...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth28 January 1949
CityEast Chicago, IN
great people
It was a great night. It was a win-win for everybody. It was really great for the people who were so unfortunate during the hurricane.
both great played teams
It was a great game. Both teams played very competitively and did very well.
great huge physical played pursued regard
That just killed us. They did a great job, really pursued the ball, played very physical in that regard and that was huge in getting them the win.
good great season somebody successful thankful
It's always great to get somebody else in who's been so successful with it. He's good enough to come down here as his season is about to begin, and we're really thankful he did that.
afraid easy exactly group knows level reached touch
It's been pretty easy in the sense that I have a group that knows exactly who they are and what they've accomplished. We haven't reached some mythical, rarefied level where everybody's afraid of us and they can't touch us. That doesn't exist.
chance everybody fulfill hard means mostly night respect
It mostly means that everybody is going to play unselfishly, respect each other's achievements, play hard enough every night to give yourself a chance to win, to fulfill your role.
everybody tried
We tried everybody on him -- and he was great.
angry came coach fuel great last looks loss night played tough
We responded well from a real tough loss last night. That's what a coach always looks for. It was great to come out angry enough to try to put last night out of their heads. We played well most of the night, but a lot of the fuel for that came from last night.
practice
We would probably never put him and Timmy in the same room, ... because they never would find out when practice is.
biggest care contract france giving gracious islands paying problem rather tougher university worked
Timmy is important to us, and we feel it is important for him to know he is important, rather than just giving him a contract and paying him to play basketball. We want him to know we really do care about him. This has been a little tougher than going to France or Argentina, because there's not really a place to play in the Virgin Islands. But the University of the Virgin Islands was so gracious and accommodating, it worked out well. The biggest problem was probably getting everyone there.
best happen
Timmy didn't have his best night, ... but that's going to happen now and then.
figures fit fortunate given pieces seems
The pieces have to fit around him. The fortunate thing for us is that it seems that, given enough talent, all pieces fit around Timmy. He figures it out.
final four rear
We know it?s a weakness. You get to the final four teams, those things rear their head.
kinda philosophy
Our philosophy here is kinda like participatory management,