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
You worked every day to earn what's on the table, literally. It was a week-to-week thing. And I wouldn't change it. I would not change it for anything.
Progress and Poverty was the most closely knit, fascinating, and convincing specimen of argumentation that, I believe, ever sprang from the mind of man.
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.
You learn from playing against the best players and the best teams, and we're going to keep fighting and figuring out ways to beat them.
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 play 20 games, you have one bad game, I think any team in this league will live with that.
You can have great players, but if they don't want to be coached, what are you going to do?
I'm very thankful to players like John Stockton and Spud Webb. They've made it possible for someone like me to make it. I think teams are actually looking for one player under 6-feet now, because they make things happen.
It's a big loss. He is a big part of our team. You hate to have any of your players hurt, whether it is one game or 80 games. You hate it if it's your best player or your 12th man.
I wanted to win it for them more than I wanted to win a championship. It was sad losing them, but the least we could do was win for them.
There's a reason the Spurs are the defending champions. They really execute down the stretch. They just don't make many errors, and if you do, they really punish you.
George is one of the toughest guys I've ever been around. He has that tough look, but mentally he's as tough as they get. To have him go through what he had to deal with last year ... it's probably worse now with his son.
To this day, I hate walnuts and I hate onions because on weekends when the walnuts and onions were in season, we were out there first thing in the morning and out there until the sun went down topping onions or picking walnuts.
The more games you coach, the more comfortable you feel.