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1. First thing Coach K did was create a 30-man roster create competition.
2. All the players were required to make three-year commitment to the team.
3. Players had to give up three summers to be a member of team.
4. The first year Coach K said it was about "establishing culture and values."
5. International Tournaments were scheduled to bring team together.
6. In Vegas, Coach K asked the players to create a list of goals and the values to live by.
7. Coach K said "This exercise was designed to create an identity, and sense of purpose for the club"
8. In a team meeting the players established what is now called "The Gold Standards."
- Never make excuses
- Always play great defense
- Make the effort to play great defense is the key to winning the gold medal
- Do what hard to win
- Always look each other eye when communicating
- Always be truthful with each other
- We have to trust each other
- We are committed to each other and winning
- Care and serve one another
- Respect each other and our opponents
- Always do what right, be on time
- Make the time to prepare to win
- Play smart, take good shot
- Stay out of foul problems
- Study the scouting reports for our opponents
- Be flexible
- No one complains
- Share the ball
- Make the extra pass
- Care about one another
- Poise
- Our value is not measure in playing time
- Team is what is important
- We will always play aggressive
- Everyone practices good
- We are the best team in the world and we represent our country at all times
10. Coach K said, "It takes time, it does not just happen to build the right culture."
11. Coach K said, "Players have to be shown and feel, that how brotherhood is developed."
12. In 2006 the team visited members of US Armed Forces
- Soldiers in Las Vegas
- Troops stationed at Korea’s Yongsan
- Camp CaseyArmy Base
- Magic Johnson
- Doug Collins
- Col. Bob Brown injured U.S. war veterans
- Players attend many other sporting events
- Cheering for fellow American athletes
- Made themselves available to Chinese fans
- Were out and about in the Olympic village
"We can’t blame the refs, the crowd, anybody." - LeBron James
"It is a tough commitment giving up three summers." - LeBron James
"He wanted me to be who I am -- be a scorer, shoot it, shoot it, and shoot it. We want you to be who you are." - Kobe Bryant speaking about Mike Krzyzewski.
Copyright 2012 NBAE (Photo by Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE via Getty Images)
Here's the Team USA schedule for the preliminary rounds - all games will be available on NBC as well as streaming at NBCOlympics.com. All times are Eastern.
July 29: USA-France, 9:30 a.m.
July 31: USA-Tunisia, 5:15 p.m.
Aug. 2: USA-Nigeria, 5:15 p.m.
Aug. 4: USA-Lithuania, 9:30 a.m
Aug. 6: USA-Argentina, 5:15 p.m.
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