But the problem with coaching is that it is a full-time job. By that I mean for at least 40 weeks in a year you have to be with the player, either travelling or training. Right now I don't want to do that.
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I think one of the things about being a good coach is to recognise when you have given all that you can. In fact there should be some sort of unspoken law that says that a coach cannot have anyone for three or four years - if you have not passed on most of the stuff you know in that time, then you are not doing a good job.
We are not coaching on a daily basis because we often travel with our charity and commercial interests.
I think I have some ideas on coaching, but listen, coaches work harder than players. The hours they put in, the headaches that they have. That's the one thing I've never liked about coaching. They have all the emotion, passion and preparation without actually getting to be able to dictate what happens.
So I don't really believe that how many years you've had in the league determines how well your players play... Coaching is coaching.
Look, coaching is about human interaction and trying to know your players. Any coach would tell you that. I'm no different.
In international football you have 10 games a season, with players from different clubs. There's no time for proper coaching; they're just recovering from playing on the Saturday.
You can have great players, but if they don't want to be coached, what are you going to do?
Becoming a coach has to be in your blood. There are hundreds and thousands of former athletes out there, but there are maybe only 10 people who want to dedicate their lives by taking on a job as a coach. Not only a master, a coach should also be a brother or sister to his apprentices.
Coaching in the NBA is not easy. It's like a nervous breakdown with a paycheck.
Really, coaching is simplicity. It's getting players to play better than they think that they can.