“By the time you get to the conference finals, you can't hide. It's not like your opponent is going to be experienced on how to try to exploit you. You have to have the right kind of habits and hopefully have been tested enough in those habits... to be able to still get to your identity.”

Filipino-American basketball coach

Erik Spoelstra is a Filipino-American basketball coach. He is the head coach of the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association and also coaches the U.S. national team. Known as Spo, he has become one of the most prominent coaches of his era. Spoelstra has won three NBA championships with the Heat, including two as head coach. He is noted for his long tenure in Miami and, after 2025, for being the longest-serving active head coach with one team in the NBA and across the four major North American sports leagues.