Andre Miller
The Operator
Execution, delivery and performance, gets the hard thing done.
Andre Miller embodies The Operator, a leader who measured himself entirely by execution. He led the league in assists on a last-place Cleveland team and played seventeen years without missing games, treating the floor as a system to manage rather than a stage to perform on. His own words define the role, that he would risk his whatever for a teammate's success. Ego never entered the equation. Reliability was the product, delivered nightly.
“I never cared. I knew guys was good at what they did. I knew I was good and solid at the way I passed, and I knew guys like Quinn and Darris — if I throw that ball, they ready. I would risk my whatever for your success.”
“My leadership skills led by example. I wasn't no wolfer and talking. I just went out and bust my butt. John Lucas gave me that confidence.”
“My personality was not to let my teammates down, to always be available. I'm living a dream and I'm gonna get the most out of it. I'm not taking no breaks.”
Knuckleheads with Quentin Richardson & Darius Miles: “Andre Miller”
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