"Amplifying warmth doesn't just feel nice. It builds the foundation of safe connection on which everything else is built," Popovich says. Both coach and player are compensated extremely well for doing their jobs, he adds. "But coach Pop isn't merely thanking. He is affirming a deeper truth: You matter."
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