Don Was
Don Was
Don Wasis an American musician, record producer and record executive. Primarily a bass player, Was led the 1980s funk rock band Was. In later years he produced songs and albums for a large number of popular recording artists. In 2012, he became president of jazz music label Blue Note Records...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth13 September 1952
CountryUnited States of America
against aspire joe offense players proud quality ran tonight year
I told our players that this is what we can aspire to be like in a year or two. I was proud of the way Joe Redmond ran the offense tonight against a quality team.
against best guess teams
The encouraging thing is, OK, guess what, this is the way we can play against one of the best teams in the league. And it's frustrating because we don't play like this more often.
art confused media
This year, notoriety got confused with fame, and the devil is down hearted because there is nothing left for him to claim.
against certain formula industry penalty types work
Even with improvements in the penalty calculation formula ... there's still a lot of subjectivity that can work against industry in certain types of penalties.
against basketball good played team
They've got a good basketball team and they played well. We didn't play well and when you don't play well against good teams, you get beat.
ask
It's not like they didn't know, and it's not like we didn't ask them to be a part of it.
bad brian deserved fit guys looking performed player rating system year
We did a rating system all year and these guys deserved to be here. It wasn't that Brian was a bad player or anything than that it was just that these guys performed better and these guys were a better fit for what we were looking for.
chance change count felt last looks nice quality ran six sort starters time
He's a good, quality guy, and we have to get him back to when he was at his best, which looks like when he was with Montreal. It's nice to have that sort of quality you can count on. Every time we ran out one of our six starters last year, we felt like we had a chance to win. There's no change at all with this group.
ask honest life lived
In order to be transparent, you really have to be completely honest and open, so that's how I've lived my life, and that's where I am now. I am completely transparent. There's nothing that you can't ask me and nothing I won't talk about.
against continue
If we continue to play as well as we did against Slovakia, we are going to be fine.
ball chance loss
Every loss is tough. But we were in all the ball games. We had a chance in every game.
build extremely foundation kinds missing ringing strong trying
It's just a ringing endorsement from a well-respected school. You've got to build an extremely strong foundation to do the kinds of things we're trying to do. You can't be missing any of the pieces.
people telling
Listen, we're entrepreneurs. And entrepreneurs are used to long odds. We're used to people telling us we can't do it.
came drive extra last power thanks threat
My power came on last year, thanks to working with Steve. You always have to be a threat to drive the ball. I've always had that hitting-for-average label. To have the extra power is a bonus.