CHRIS WEBBER: I think one of the great things, the neighborhood that I came from, we had a lot of single parent families. And specifically the men in those families, the young boys in those families, from my point of view really needed direction.
So from my point of view, what I think the coaches need to be first is a strong male figure. You know, you have to really respect your coach. You have to respect your boss, you have to respect a police officer. So I think that teaching the rules of life as far as respecting your coach and you know, I have coaches to this day I don't know if I've ever called a coach by their name. It's always "Coach." Instill the rules and the boundaries that you set; my coaches were reinforcement of what my parents were saying. So when I didn't do good in school, my coach wasn't saying, well, tell your mother you'll do better next time. Your mother told you, you weren't going to play and you're going to miss out on this game.
I just really think they need to be a reinforcement of family structure and society and it's just hard work, discipline and everything is not going to come when you want it, immediate gratification, you might work five years and get it at the end. All the lessons in life I think are paralleled in sports and vice versa. It's very important that coaches of our children and generations now instill those values in them.
Q. I remember your father used to play some golf, too, so when you and your dad get together, do play any golf and who is the better golfer?
CHRIS WEBBER: I tell you this. This is how my swing worked out. This the first year I beat my father in my life. When I beat him this year, everything broke loose. The jinxes, black clouds over me, finding my ball three fairways over to the left and in the creek, all that stuff, all that's gone because I beat my father so I got that bad luck off of me.
We'll see what happens this week. Thank you, guys.
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