played think about the guys that he played for he played for purists guys that stressed unselfish play team basketball and thats the way he views it so whether were talking or texting ill get texts sometimes from him like good win but i really hated the way we had guys looking each other off tonight thats great feedback so when im watching the film i already have that in my mind when you look back on all the things that have happened to get your career to this point were there times when you thought being an nba head coach just wasnt going to happen how do you fight that this is where im just incredibly fortunate jeff van gundy used to tell me you need to be more ambitious stan van gundy said the same thing ive never had a bad year professionally in my life i was a high school teacher and a coach i loved it i was in college for 15 or 16 years i loved every year of it i didnt come to the nba and get to a point where i said i want to be a head coach in three years i love this league i loved college i enjoyed high school i just like to coach and thats where im fortunate ive never been one of those guys thats saying my goal is to be a head nba coach i never did it that way i would have been happy being an assistant forever come on everything is first class youre making incredible money youre working with the best players in the world i look back at the things ive seen i saw allan houston get 50 on the lakers in la i saw latrell sprewell set the then nba record for making 3s one day in milwaukee i remember the first playoff game in the garden back working for jeff when it was during the sellout when every dribble was night and day back then the series we had in houston with dallas that went seven games with dirk nowitzki and tracy mcgrady in their prime going to the finals in orlando working for stan ive just had incredible experiences the year with the lakers with kobe and steve nash and dwight howard and pau and metta world peace im just not built that way and this is probably a weakness but im just not that goaloriented i love doing this i want it to work out i love our staff i love working for michael and i love our core guys we have charlottes never gotten out of the second round i would do anything to be part of that and yet some day its going to end and you know what if i have to go back and be an assistant ill be happy doing that too thats just the way i love i read that you were a huge soccer fan how did