“You're all over the place usually with young players. You're trying to manage their emotions and teach them NBA situations. It usually takes months, even years, to learn and recognize NBA situations and then to develop a level of competitiveness that's necessary at this level.”

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.