Knicks coach Mike Woodson huddled with Post columnist Steve Serby for some Q&A.
Q: If a team takes on the personality of its coach, what should this team's personality be?
A: Discipline ... hard work, because that's what I'm about ... dedication ... and probably just being a pro, man. I mean, because you play in the NBA or you play sports professionally, doesn't mean that you're a true pro to the game. To me, that says a lot. That to me divides the teams that win and the teams that are just happy to be here. And that's everybody. It starts at the top, and it trickles down to the coaches, and then the players, the people that you work with, your PR people ... your trainers, or the doctors ... 'cause it all goes hand in hand, in terms of making sure that the player is prepared and ready to play. If you don't do that, to me you're cheating the game.
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Mike Woodson
Q: What's your definition of a pro?
A: Dedication ... commitment ... 'cause if you're not committed ... I've been there as a player, I've been there as a coach ... everybody's gotta be on board, man. You need a little luck along the way, but if you're not committed, you're not gonna win. And the teams that win championships, there's a little luck involved, but at the end of the day, they've done something right to position themselves to win titles. You look at all the years that the Celtics and the Lakers, there's a reason why they won. They were talented, but from the top to the bottom, they did a lot of right things, I think, to put themselves in position to win titles.
Q: Even though you're aware that this franchise has not won a championship since 1973, you came here to win a championship,
A: Absolutely. My clock is ticking, man. I'm not getting any younger. I've tasted it as an assistant coach [with the Pistons], man, and it's hard to describe, going through something like that. Yeah, we were a little lucky, and it was a roller-coaster ride, there were a couple of series that year that we probably shoulda went home. But our players, they just were determined that, all they had on their mind was winning the title, once we got into it. That second round with the Nets, you lose a triple-overtime [game] at home and gotta go back and get Game 6 there to force Game 7 back at home, that's tough. And they jump on you 12-2 in Game 6, and you withstand it to come out of that game and come home and win 7, to me that was our championship series, before we even got to the Eastern Conference and then the Finals to beat the Lakers that year.
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