I think it's very important for the Chinese people, the Chinese government to build lots of hockey rinks, bring some coaches here and learn the game, and I think they will do well.
When I got fired from coaching, I started coaching high school because my son played. I realized real quick that high school football is in trouble. There's no budget. A lot of kids have got to pay to play, and every year, coaches are getting out of the profession. Kids aren't playing like they used to. It bothers me.
I'm really happy to have been part of spreading the game of basketball and growing the game in a place like Turkey.
I don't know the history of my sport. I'm not like those people who know everything.
When I got in this profession, as a young guy, as a college coach at San Jose State, I knew right then that I had a passion to do this, to touch people's lives, to develop young men in the game of football.
We've got to have a radical rethink of the way the sport is funded to help the young players develop.
The natural thing in Africa is to start playing soccer at 8 or 9. You go outside and you play like kids play basketball here, and you grow a feel for the game. In Africa, the kids start playing basketball at 16 or 17 or 18, and when they get an opportunity to come here, they have been playing for only one or two years.
It's not that easy for some of these players in China to get the coaching they need.
I had other coaches when I was younger but my father was there, following all my training. He has seen as much tennis as many coaches on tour.
