Scott Brooks
Scott Brooks
Scott William Brooksis an American professional basketball coach, currently head coach of the Washington Wizards of the National Basketball Association, and a former professional basketball player. Standing at 5'11", or 1.80 meters, Brooks played the basketball position of point guard while playing collegiately at San Joaquin Delta College and Texas Christian University, before finishing his final two years at the University of California, Irvine. He was inducted into UCI's Hall of Fame in 2001...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth31 July 1965
CityFrench Camp, CA
CountryUnited States of America
The NBA needs more of that 'it's-about-us-against-them' mentality.
There are 30 great jobs in the NBA, and I've got one of them.
There's nothing that you can say in the paper that should affect you.
You can have great players, but if they dont want to be coached, what are you going to do?
I was the youngest of seven kids and I would not have been able to go to college without an athletic scholarship.
I love being in the gym.
When you don't have much and you need to be at work, there's no such thing as being sick.
When you have an intense game, you're going to have arguments. I have no problem with it. I think it's healthy.
I've been around young, talented, non-coachable players. I've been around veteran, talented, non-coachable players. No matter what you do, sooner or later - even if a coach comes in that's able to connect with them - if that's who they are, they're going to go back to it.
When you get punched, you have to get up.You have no other choice. If you don't, you're not going to grow, you're not going to get better as a player.
You don't think the losing is ever going to end, but when it does end, you get to enjoy it and keep working with it and keep getting it better, and that's where we are.
I've never talked to our guys about being young. That's an easy crutch to fall on. You really just have to come in and build the spirit up of your team by working them everyday, showing them examples of what they've done and reinforce their work.
We had a great preseason. The guys responded with what coach (George Karl) wanted early on in pace of the game, togetherness and defensive intensity. We've improved in those areas with a couple of setbacks, but we've improved each game.
I believe this with all my heart: The greatest coach of all time in my eyes is my mom. She's instilled in me a toughness and a perseverance and just a never-quit mentality, and I thank her every day for providing me, for what she sacrificed her life for.