His confidence and all-around great ability cause him to be a good leader by example. He puts in a ton of work and can make his team better by improving their work habits. However, Kobe has long been credited for being a little to isolated and held back to be a true leader. He allegedly was the main cause of the break up of the best duo in basketball, him and Shaq. Still, as a leader he makes his team work harder.
Growing up in a small town in the Virgin Islands and being poor was hard for him. He didn’t want to live that life, so when turning to basketball, this gave him so many options. The options that he chose ended up leading him to accomplish many things. Now that he is a celebrity in the basketball world, he didn’t forget where he came from, who he was, and he sure didn’t let money take over him. He used his own money and fundraisers to give back to a better cause and that was to save lives and make the community around him a better place.
"There would be no LeBron James, no Kobe Bryant, no Dwayne Wade if there wasn't Michael Jordan first.” (Windhorst) This man was giving up a number he wore since high school, and this is usually harder for players because they take pride in their number. This did not matter to James. He deeply cared about this Legend’s impact on the sport, and wanted to commemorate what he did. That is what nice people do, they understand their roots, and give credit to those before them. Whether it was furthering kids education, addressing kids dropping out, or paying homage to Jordan, LeBron continuously displayed his niceness to others.
He identified himself as an outcast and nerd because he was different than everybody else. As much as he hates the reservation it is his home and home is a part of who you are. After having a conversation with his teacher, Arnold decided to go to the Reardan school. He starts going to the school expecting everyone to pick up on him, and they do at first. But then people started respecting him and accepted him because they got to know him and he had some awesome basketball skills.
coach Coach Carter In the movie Coach Carter, the Buddhist ‘8 Fold Path’ can be applied to the characters in the movie to tell us which characters had the right and wrong knowledge, aims, speech, conduct, livelihood, effort, mindfulness and meditation. In the movie the character who had the right knowledge was Damian. Damian was Carters son, and he transferred from a ritzy, high academic school to Richwood, to play basketball on his fathers’ team. As much as that may have not been the smartest idea, Damian had the highest marks on the team, and was able to help tutor the other teammates having trouble in their studies. The character who had the wrong knowledge was Cruz.
Coach Mike Krzyzewski has been the head basketball coach at Duke University since 1980. It is interesting to point out that these two men are connected by more than the mere fact that they are two of the most successful basketball coaches of all time. When Mike Krzyzewski played basketball his freshman year at the United States Military College/school at West Point, his head coach was Bob Knight. Together, these two men built a coach and student relationship that changed into a working relationship of friendship and respect for each other. Based upon the model of Robert Katz there are a few skills that accounted for the success of each of these coaches.
Collins was drafted and hired for the same reason, to restore the winning tradition of the franchise. Collins was a very successful player for the 76ers, but due to injuries was forced to retire the summer before the title won in 1983. Collins is considered one of the best coaches, however there are certain aspects of his coaching style I disagree with. For example, Jrue Holiday should not have been named the point guard because the position doesn’t fit his capabilities. He wants to be known for making the big plays, instead of distributing the basketball to his teammates.
I understand he wanted to encourage his players to perform their best by putting forth their best effort. Sometimes people need an extra push to do their best, not abuse. Bob Knight not only physically abused his players, but emotionally abused them too. He was the opposite of John Wooden. Wooden and Knight had a great winning record.
Spike Lee visits and tells the students a cold-blooded truth: they are being used and the one way to protect themselves is to know it. "The only reason you are here is because you can make their schools win and they can make a lot of money," Mr. Lee says of the coaches. "This whole thing is about money." It is the kind of valuable advice boys like Arthur and William, from poor black neighborhoods, hear all too rarely. "Hoop Dreams" is a brilliantly revealing documentary that follows Arthur and William through high school to their first year of college.
He felt much more respected here because everyone was treated the same and he was used to be treated very badly because he grew up in the south. Bill Russell was taking advantage of the opportunities that would make him reach the highest point possible in everything he did because he knew he wouldn’t have these opportunities in the south. He knew that going to college and getting an education would probably not have been a reality but just a dream, but here he knew that this was his time (Russell). Bill was not what is called a “natural” superstar. He did not make his junior high basketball ball team, and just barely made the junior varsity team as a sophomore.