He recounts how people always said he wasn’t a good ball handler, just didn’t know how to handle and shoot the ball. He said sure, he could do all of those things, but why would he lead the fastbreak when Bob Cousy was playing with him? Why would he shoot jumpers when Sam Jones was on his wing? The message was that if you want to win championships, you have to let people focus on what they do best while you focus on what you do best. For him, that was rebounding, running the floor, and blocking shots.
This is one of the best quotes I’ve read in the book so far. This probably explains why Michael Jordan focused on scoring despite the fact that he had proven in the past to be an all-around great player in many areas of the game. Team sports involve everyone getting a piece of the action.
