George Gervin
The Operator
Execution, delivery and performance, gets the hard thing done.
George Gervin reads as The Operator because he strips leadership down to craft and execution. The finger roll, four scoring titles, 110 blocks in a season, he traces all of it to 500 shots a day, going both directions, staying fundamentally sound. He leads by example rather than rhetoric, telling young players that resources are now limitless, so there are no excuses for skipping the disciplined daily work that builds mastery.
“I shot the ball five six hundred times a day, going right, going left, bat shots and stuff. I got consistent. Once you have confidence that you can do something, that's how I was able to score like I did.”
“I took pride in blocking guys shots. You think you beat me and I come up behind here and go get it. I don't play on one end, man.”
“It ain't how much you make, it's how much you learn how to keep. That's what we understand.”
Knuckleheads with Quentin Richardson & Darius Miles: “George "Iceman" Gervin”
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