He also believes that basketball teaches lessons in practical politics.
"Basketball teaches leadership and communication, learning to keep the faith.
Basketball taught him how to time his jumps to meet the ball.
Still unsure of my place in the world, three-man basketball taught me how to navigate the social interactions of pre-adolescent life.
Last weekend, 10 of the teenagers in the program split into three groups and, in a blue-floored gymnasium that is usually reserved for basketball, taught a score of children ages 9 to 12 the basics of American Sign Language.
The 5-foot-8 former power forward and guard answers: "Basketball teaches you when you need to lead and when not to.
What can the history of basketball teach students?
A native New Yorker, he will be remembered for his writing, painting, love of Central Park, basketball and teaching of Tai Chi and Karate.
A born-again Christian, Wetteland has been coaching basketball and teaching Bible studies at Liberty Christian School in Argyle, the Teaneck Daily Voice reported.
"I think the most 'Tanning' that I saw during that phase of my life was my dad, [who] created, wrote and directed a TV show called 'The White Shadow,' about a white basketball coach teaching basketball in an inner-city school," she explained.
