You Owe This Guy

Paul Arizin was cut from his LaSalle High School
team in Philadelphia, but after high school he
continued to play on church and city league teams
and later enrolled in college to study chemistry.

Little did he know the Villanova coach that year
would see him in a pickup game and be impressed.
After the game Coach Severance approached Paul
and asked if he'd like to go to Villanova.

Arizin said in his polite, humble voice, "Coach, I
already go to Villanova."

Coach was no fool and quickly put Paul Arazin on
his team, and after a successful college career he
went on to become a 10 time All-Star even with
losing 2 years eligibility during the Korean War.

He averaged almost 23 points and 9 rebounds a
game over his career with the old Philadelphia
Warriors, and in 1978 he was elected to the NBA
Hall of Fame. Then in 2000 he was chosen as one
of the century's top 50 greatest players.

Arizin died in his sleep at 78 Tuesday night, and
the words you'll hear most often spoken about him
are dignified, classy, enthusiastic, and humble. And
whether you realize it or not you owe him a huge
debt of gratitude because it was he who developed
the modern jumpshot.

Although short for a forward at 6'4" he was a
jumping jack, and said he developed the jumpshot
because in those days they held dances in the
gyms, and the floors would get very slick. When
he couldn't always get his feet under him to
shoot a proper hook shot, he began to use his
jumping ability to shoot over taller defenders
with a new 1-handed shot in mid-air.

Aren't you glad Paul Arizin didn't listen to the
people who told him he wasn't good enough to
play high school ball?

Don't let your missteps and disappointments hold
you back either. Let them always be the stepping
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P.S. Another of the big ideas of Psycho-Cybernetics
is forgiving and forgetting your failures while using
them as feedback to zero in on the successful results
you want. I think Paul Arazin is a walking example of
that, don't you.

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