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My attitude is that if you push me towards something that you think is a weakness, then I will turn that perceived weakness into a strength.
Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.
As athletes, we’re used to reacting quickly. Here, it’s ‘come, stop, come, stop.’ There’s a lot of downtime. That’s the toughest part of the day.
I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.
When I was playing before I retired, I never really understood the appreciation and the respect that people gave me. People had treated me like a god or something, and that was very embarrassing.
Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation.
The game is my wife. It demands loyalty and responsibility, and it gives me back fulfillment and peace.
Ultimately, if you can say that I’m a bad owner and we’re winning championships, I can live with that. But if we’re not making the playoffs and we’re spending and losing money, then I have to look in the mirror and say maybe I’m not taking the necessary steps to doing what it takes to run an organization.
In any investment, you expect to have fun and make money.
Even when I’m old and grey, I won’t be able to play it, but I’ll still love the game.