Word: fun
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...fights might have lured them in, but fans say hockey's speed and grace kept them coming back. "I'd never seen a game before, but we loved it right away," says season-ticket holder Cathy Borchalli, 37, a full-time mom. "It was fast. It was fun. It was wild. It was different...
...greater. One thing that really stands out about Knight is that it's always about him. He's a lot like Dennis Rodman, with his calculated self-promotion. John Wooden was the antithesis of the anger, the scowl, the selfishness. With Coach Wooden, an Indiana native, life was always fun, always upbeat, always positive, always about the team, always about the greatness of the game. Sadly, you don't get any sense of that from Knight. There's no joy. Even worse, there's no happiness on the faces of his players...
...personal characteristics embodied in what he called his Pyramid of Success. All of this was done in the subtlest of ways. While our practices were the most demanding endeavors, both physically and emotionally, that I've ever been a part of, there was always the sense of people having fun playing a simple game...
...strategy in the end." Wooden gave you the freedom to perform. He was the conductor of a free-form symphony. He always said, "Don't look over here at the sideline. I've already done my job. When the game starts, it's about you guys having fun playing a game and doing your best...
Everything is gloriously choreographed in Woo's trademark fast-action, slo-mo moves, including a motorcycle joust, a car tango and a heart-stopping Cruise duet with a mountain. (He did most of his own stunts. And Newton did, well, some of hers.) "Yes, it's fun! It's understandable!" says Newton, speaking in exclamation marks as she gently pokes fun at the first M:I. "And it's uncontroversial!" she adds with relief...