Paul Mott
Paul Mott
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I'm committed to having a presence in Louisiana this season. What form that takes, I'm not sure,
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I'm looking forward to seeing New Orleans rebuilt. This is not a city that is going to vanish. ... I think this is a city that is going to come back better and stronger.
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That's how I got back into the game, ... It was really exhilarating to me. I've always loved the game of soccer. I found myself wanting to do more. Because I'd be wherever the U.S. National Team was playing, I'd have time on my hands, and I volunteered with the U.S. Soccer Association. They asked me to do odd jobs.
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At the end of my second indoor season, my doctor told me, 'You're a bright guy, and you have an ankle that will keep deteriorating over time. We'll take away a lot of bone. My honest recommendation is that you move on,' ... At 23, that's a blow. He made the point, if you try to play on this ankle over time, we're going to keep taking away bone, and you're going to be a prime candidate for a replacement ankle at the age of 40.
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I wanted young kids to have the opportunity to idolize pro players the way I idolized the North American Soccer League players, ... I volunteered with the committee in Dallas, and when the committee resigned itself that they couldn't get a team and closed up shop, we went to work and negotiated the contract for the Cotton Bowl. I got the North Texas State Soccer Association to give its support.
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It's one of those things that I think it's impossible to put into words.
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It's going to be challenging, but you do the best you can. You work closely with and support emotionally those that are trying to hang in and do it with you. But this is a tremendous challenge, no question about it.
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They reached out to us and made it clear they'd be willing to work with us.
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That led me here, ... That's when I decided I wanted to do what I could to help the World Cup be successful.
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It's pretty sensational, ... The interesting thing is he always loved soccer, and now he's the big cheese in basketball. I'm really pleased for him, and I think he's really good at it. The best part is that the team has not done well recently, so he can only go up. He has every reason to be successful.
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They didn't really have a job in mind, but they knew I was knowledgeable about the game and passionate about the game, ... Paul Phipps is one of the great pro sports executives around, and I went to work with him for club services. It was a great learning experience for me, and we had some real success.
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The Hornets (and the NBA), since our temporary relocation, maintained that one of our biggest goals was to play games in the New Orleans Arena this season.