:08:03
now saw the results
of a lifetime of hard work.
:08:07
He would go to J.V. practice and practice,
:08:09
and then he'd go to varsity practice.
:08:10
We'd play
ball games, and after
the games were over,
:08:13
he'd run what we called "suicides"
or line drills...
:08:15
he'd run those by himself.
:08:18
I just maveled
at his work habits even then.
:08:21
With his competitiveness
to go with all that dedication,
:08:26
you know, it was something to see.
:08:30
The weakest par of Michael's game on the offensive end...
was his shooting.
:08:35
So he obviously mastered something...
:08:37
that eveybody said he couldn't
do when he came out of college.
:08:40
And he didn't by shooting
and shooting and shooting...
:08:43
and shooting consistently.
:08:45
The other thing that people told him...
:08:46
that he wasn't a really good defensive player.
:08:48
And he founda way...
:08:50
not only to become a great defensive player...
:08:53
but the best defensive player in the N.B.A.
:08:55
This guy said, "Those are my weaknesses.
:08:58
I'm going to figure out how to make those my strengths."
And he didn't.
:09:03
I got a glimpse,
really, of Michael Jordan...
:09:05
and what he was all about the
first time lever coached him.
:09:08
About two minutes to go in
the game, I called a time-out.
:09:11
And we were down two... it was
right there in the balance.
:09:15
And I had some
little powder on my mouth...
:09:17
from where I chewed some gum
and chewed it so hard...
:09:20
that it really had become powder.
:09:21
And Michael grabbed a cup of
water and he handed it to me,
:09:23
and he said, "Take a drink of this water.
:09:25
"Clear that stuff off your mouth.
:09:27
I'm not going to let you
lose your first game."
:09:29
The level of faith that
I have in anything in life...
:09:32
is taught to you from your parents.
:09:34
It is a trait
that I would never
trade anything for.
:09:37
And if I can
ever pass anything
on to my kids...
:09:41
it would be
to be optimistic
about everthing in life.
:09:45
He was only a freshman at the
University of North Carolina,
:09:49
but with the 1982 N.C.A.A.
Championship at stake,
:09:51
his team's fate was in his
hands, And he never hesitated.
:09:56
Goes back to Michael Jordan,
jumper from out on the lef!