Vincent "Chot" Reyes (Twitter: @coachot / Instagram: @coachot) is a Filipino basketball coach. He is best known as the head coach of Team Gilas Pilipinas, The Philippine National Basketball Team, which won the silver medal at the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship, and competed at the following year's FIBA World Cup - the Philippines' first in 36 years. In the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA), he is known as the youngest coach in the league to win a championship at the age of 29 when he coached Coney Island Ice Cream Stars to win the 1993 All-Filipino Cup.
Coach Chot has also explored other ventures outside basketball. In 2002, he formed Coachcom, a company that offers consultancy services and mentoring programs for corporations and sports teams. He has also served as the President of Filipino television network TV5.
In this episode, Coach Chot walks us through the details that led to his success, such as:
- His experience as a student-athlete, and the importance of prioritizing the "student" part of the term.
- Why he thinks the sport of basketball is popular among Filipinos
- How he pivoted TV5 from being a general entertainment network to a sports-centered network under his leadership.
- The events that led to the founding of Coachcom.ph
- His experience working with the man known as MVP.
- The story behind the infamous brawl between Gilas Pilipinas and Team Australia in the Philippine Arena in 2018.
- His daily morning habits that keep his body and mind in high-performing shape.
- His method of motivating people nowadays and how this differs from the traditional method that he was exposed to in his youth.
- The importance of having a big, compelling purpose that drives all of your actions towards a single goal.
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