He taught his soldiers basketball to control their excess energy.
WHETHER wooing Pat Riley away from the Knicks to coach the Miami Heat, the basketball team controlled by his family, or building the largest and most profitable cruise company from scratch, Micky Arison, chief executive of the Carnival Corporation, is accustomed to getting what he wants.
Staw and colleagues found that in NBA basketball, after controlling for players' performance on the court, those who were picked earlier in the draft were given more playing time and were less likely to be traded.
Neville described it as "like a basketball match"; no control, no organisation, not much quality, but back and forth it went, Mestalla roaring them on.
That's certainly the impression she conveys, sitting in her Midtown office, speaking in bursts, her lanky limbs perpetually shifting, long fingers gripping, twirling, flipping a basketball, never losing control.
Many top basketball players are controlled by unscrupulous third parties and street agents.
"We are excited about the opportunity to increase our involvement with and commitment to Arsenal," said 63-year-old Kroenke, whose company also controls basketball's Denver Nuggets, ice hockey side Colorado Avalanche, American football team the St Louis Rams, and Major League Soccer outfit the Colorado Rapids.
"Guards control college basketball," Huggins said.
"We have multiple guys who can control the basketball.
I was eventually obliged to concede that factors beyond my control made basketball stardom unrealizable.
