Coach
Foreword
By Bill Bradley
LEADERSHIP MEANS GETTING PEOPLE TO THINK, believe, see, and do what
they might not have without you. It means possessing the vision to
set the right goal and the decisiveness to pursue it
single-mindedly. It means being aware of the fears and anxieties
felt by those you lead even as you urge them to overcome those
fears. A great coach embodies these qualities and transforms them
into a force that can effect powerful changes in those they lead.
My high school coach, the only man who would ever be "the coach" to
me, was like a monk, withdrawn personally and unsociable in town
circles; unreachable by the power of the company, the church, the
bank, or the mayor; rigid with discipline and sparse with
compliments; inspiring to boys like me, cruel to those unprepared or
unwilling. Never did he confuse his roles. He was not the college
counselor, family adviser, tutor, athletic businessman, or budding
politician. He aspired only to be the coach. It was a calling. If in
my years as a New York Knick there would be thousands of words
written about passing and teamwork and hitting th ... read full excerpt from: Coach ebook
