A couple of excerpts from Jerry West's book "Mr. Clutch", which was published 30 years ago.
West, averaged 27 ppg over 14 seasons with the Lakers.
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I've seen too many players who never improve because they think they've got it made. What they do well, they enjoy doing, naturally, so that's what they practice, sort of showing off, like a great hook-shooter who spends all day shooting hooks. I've seen too many players who won't practice what they don't do well, because they're afraid of showing these faults up, of being embarrassed by them. I always practiced ballhandling rather than shooting because I needed ballhandling practice more than I needed shooting practice.
The more you come through, the more you're apt to keep coming through. Confidence is a lot of this game. If you don't think you can, you won't.
