:28:00
with the same
mental toughness...
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that,
if I'm going to do this,
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then you have
to keep up with the pace.
:28:07
And quietly,
it stared to turn.
:28:09
He was your hardest worker.
He competed everyday.
:28:13
That filtered down through your team,
so as a coach...
:28:15
you never had to talk about
the work ethic of your team...
:28:18
because your best player
always brought that.
:28:21
Michael's standards
were too high...
:28:23
for many
of his early team mates...
:28:24
but then
came Scottie Pippen.
:28:26
The infuence of Michael on Scottie Pippen
was almost from day one.
:28:31
Michael kind of helped him
get out there on the basketball court...
:28:36
and taught him some little things...
some of the small tricks that he'd use.
:28:45
as a consequence, the two of them
really played well together.
:28:48
It was
the Lone Ranger and Tonto.
:28:51
There's no doubt about it.
:28:53
Pippen became a star
in his own right.
:28:56
and then there was
the supporting cast...
:28:58
that Michael would
challenge relentlessly,
:29:01
knowing that they too had to be
ready when their moment came.
:29:05
He understood the fact...
:29:06
that everybody had
to share in the game,
:29:09
and that he was willing
to be part of this...
:29:11
to sacrifice some
of his own game for that...
:29:14
was the most
important thing.
:29:18
He comes off,
I'll be ready.
:29:20
I've gotten
a chance to play a lot,
:29:24
and play a lot
in big games.
:29:25
And I felt
the pressure, I think,
:29:27
and didn't
perform that well.
:29:29
And I learned how to play with Michael
and how to hit big shots,
:29:33
and how to relax myself
in situations like that.
:29:36
Michael, in traffic, to Kerr.
:29:38
Fifteen footer...
Yes!
:29:42
What a great experience,
you know, to go through,
:29:44
not just for basketball,
but for the rest of my life.
:29:46
To know that I can
face something...
:29:49
that's pretty difficult,
and deal with it.
:29:54
Back in Utah...
:29:56
the buzz was still about the
Jazz's series opening victory.
:29:59
But by the time
game two had begun,