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But I had a natural curiosity and maybe a wanderlust that goes back, at least in part, to my father telling me I wasn’t leaving Iowa to go to Cornell. I’m not a better person than any other coach for the nontraditional path I took. But I’m pretty sure I’m a different person than I would have been. When I coached the Canadian national team in the summer of 2019, we stopped in Australia to play some exhibition games on our way to the FIBA tournament in China. I took all the guys to the Sydney Opera House to see West Side Story. I know not all of them wanted to go, but I figured they’d thank me in twenty years. A few months before that, on an off night in New York, I arranged for our Raptors players to see Hamilton on Broadway. It’s not my job, of course, to show them this stuff, but I do feel it’s a little bit of my responsibility. It’s not going to hurt their basketball to open up their minds a little—and it might actually help.
Rapture
Nick Nurse and Phil Jackson
Winning is everything. Because it is. Every day, in everything you do, your wins are waiting for you. They’re everywhere. But they won’t wait forever. Stop waiting to be told what you can and can’t do. Stop watching others win while you stand on the sidelines wondering when it’s going to be your turn. Your turn is now. Long-term goals are great… but “long term” isn’t promised to anyone. Your skills and opportunities have an expiration date. If you want something, go get it now. I get so frustrated with those who say they want to win, but show no urgency or drive to actually do it, as if they’ll have unlimited years and opportunities to figure it out. As if it’s just going to happen eventually. To me, a sense of urgency is the ultimate distinction between those who win and those who watch others win.
China watchers currently worry that the more recent shift towards centralization portends an increase in draconian control. As much as this appears to be the case, we can rest assured that as the inefficiencies caused by concentrated power increase, pressure will mount for yet another wave of decentralization. China is under normal circumstances a nation striving for balance, and as such, it is always a mistake to see short‐term moves as a march in one direction only.
What's Wrong With China
Paul Midler
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