Future Hoop Stars

Happy Birthday Dr Naismith!

Great family discussion topic.

“Early in my professional boxing career I visited a Harlem jazz spot and saw Walt Frazier, the smooth guard for the NBA champion New York Knicks. I went over and introduced myself. 'oh, yeah,' he said. ‘I've seen you do your thing. you've seen me do mine..’ End of conversation.

“About an hour later I saw my childhood hero, football star Jim Brown, at another table - again, I introduced myself. This time all I got was a polite smile and quick handshake. So that's how it's done I thought…

“I was hurt, but I figured I'd just picked up a lesson in handling stardom.. be cool and detached. I adopted the same approach, and it took me years to unlearn the lesson. No one wants to be around a person who acts superior. They'll feel hurt just like I did. A friendly smile beats a brush-off every time.” - George Foreman.

Now that is a stiff arm!

The greatest stiff-arm we’ve ever seen