When I work a game as an analyst, all I do is look at the game like a coach.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Look, coaching is about human interaction and trying to know your players. Any coach would tell you that. I'm no different.
I go out there with whatever the coaches call, and whatever they do, I just go out there, and I'm the player. Coaches coach, and players play.
It's been the video game ever since I got out of coaching. Even when I was an announcer, fewer and fewer people remembered me as 'Coach,' and as the years went on, people just started knowing me from the game.
I'm used to being coached. Something I learned long ago is that a coach is trying to make you better and to be the best version of yourself.
We coaches have to learn how to deal with that: How do I get to each one best - with a talk, with video analysis? And what sort of tone? We need our own coaches for that. The sports psychologist coaches me too.
I think what coaching is all about, is taking players and analyzing there ability, put them in a position where they can excel within the framework of the team winning. And I hope that I've done that in my 33 years as a head coach.
When you look at myself, I'm a coach, and that's what it's all about. When you're a player, you get criticized, and when you're a coach, you get criticized even more because it's about wins and losses.
As his team prepares, a coach's entire being must be concentrated on winning games.
The more games you coach, the more comfortable you feel.
I'm a player, the coaches coach.