You are axes, in a world of wood. And the wood remembers when it has been cut, even if the axe forgets.
John AmaechiI wasn't going to let Jerry Sloan embarrass me, because basketball had a proper role in my life. I suspected my basketball philosophy wasn't the bottom line anyway.
John AmaechiKnowing yourself, knowing where you want to get, combining those things gives you the pragmatic steps.
John AmaechiI was a man who played basketball and after I played basketball and before I played basketball I was going to be a psychologist, whereas most people who play their occupation is their definition - and then when they stop doing who they are, they become nothing.
John AmaechiMy particular interest area is working in issues of emotional literacy. What I see of the way that we educate boys and more than that, the way we socialize boys within their families and then in schools to me is tantamount to just removing any element of emotional intelligence from them.
John Amaechi