You know what my dad told me last night?
He said that you got a full ride to Kansas.
You just quit.
Why?
My father didn't like me very much.
And then someone told him I was good at basketball...
and he paid a lot more attention to me.
Then I realized it wasn't me that he loved...
it was what I could do.
I spent a lot of time hurting myself, trying to hurt my father.
I never picked up a basketball again.
We need a new coach, Jack.
You're the first person I thought of.
Is the team any good?
No. No.
In fact, the last time they made the playoffs?
Back when you were playing.
This the whole team? Ten kids?
You wanna know why they're leaving you open?
It's 'cause they don't think you could hit the ocean from the beach.
Oh, snap.
Heard you're coaching basketball.
Keeps my mind off other things.
You don't decide the game! The players decide the game.
I understand you're trying to motivate the team...
but we have a code of conduct.
Oh, bullshit!
-I'm working on it. -Work harder.
I got a feeling this team is not as bad as its record.
We have to trust each other.
We have to have faith.
I just want you to be happy again.
But you gotta want it too.
Don't underestimate the impact you can have on them.
You got this. No, don't just nod. I wanna hear your voice.
-Yes or no? -Yes, Coach.
You're nervous.
I get it.
The truth is...
they're more talented than you.
Probably got a better coach.
But I promise you, they are not a better team.
Because they haven't been through what we've been through.
They don't know adversity.
They don't know what it's like to get knocked down...
and have to get back up again.
They don't know what it is to fight.
-Who are we? -Hayes!
We can't change the past, Jack.
What we can do is choose how we move forward.