"Because we're rich as hell, and we don't need it all"

[Shrek]

http://www.espn.com/espn/print?id=21888028

SAN ANTONIO -- San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich offered a simple reason Tuesday before the team's 109-97 win over the Brooklyn Nets when asked why charitable endeavors are important to him.

"Because we're rich as hell, and we don't need it all, and other people need it," Popovich said. "Then, you're an ass if you don't give it. Pretty simple."

Having spent considerable time and money working with several charities and nonprofits such as the San Antonio Food Bank and Shoes That Fit, with which he partnered in October to deliver shoes to more than 200 students at Gates Elementary, as well as the Innocence Project, Popovich has been vocal about serving the community.

In fact, several of Popovich's charitable efforts go unpublicized, such as the donation (which sources called "substantial" ) that he made to relief in the wake of Hurricanes Irma and Maria, which ravaged the home of U.S. Virgin Islands native Tim Duncan, a former Spur and future Hall of Famer.

Popovich is currently in the process of trying to help raise proceeds to benefit J/P HRO, which runs relief programs in Haiti, and a coalition of disaster relief organizations in the U.S. and Caribbean with a focus on Texas, Florida, Puerto Rico, Haiti and Antigua/Barbuda through an auction in which the winning bidder and a guest can watch the Spurs face the Lakers on Jan. 11 at the Staples Center.

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1. we need more of this attitude. measure success by how much you give, not how much you hoard.

[C Moon]

10. No. We need to do something about some people being that rich,

while the majority of the country works 2 jobs and can't own a home.

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11. That too. They go together.

We admire wealth hoarders. We cheer them on. So we enable them.

If we didn’t, it would be easier to tax them more.

[C Moon]

16. I agree with you that he sounds like one of the good guys.

I'm just frustrated how the U.S. gives so much to the rich, and the poor /middle class are expected to suck it up.

[unblock]

17. and indeed, the government needs to reinforce this, as should the media

we certainly can't rely on the rich to be decent.

there will always be a few who are, but most of them will do the least they can get away with to manage their image, if they even care to do that much.

[Beartracks]

15. Charity is good. But reducing the need for it...

... is probably better.

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[The Polack MSgt]

2. Greg Popovich has true class

He consistently tells truths that most people avoid.

Whether it's regarding race and class, world events, politics or anything else, he will give an intelligent honest take.

I would vote for Pop against almost anyone in any election.

[mountain grammy]

4. Yep..

[dalton99a]

3. Popovich is a good guy

“This man in the Oval Office is a soulless coward who thinks that he can only become large by belittling others. This has of course been a common practice of his, but to do it in this manner—and to lie about how previous presidents responded to the deaths of soldiers—is as low as it gets. We have a pathological liar in the White House, unfit intellectually, emotionally, and psychologically to hold this office, and the whole world knows it, especially those around him every day. The people who work with this president should be ashamed, because they know better than anyone just how unfit he is, and yet they choose to do nothing about it. This is their shame most of all.”

[Scarsdale]

5. Well said!

The measure of a REAL man is not how wealthy he is, but how he treats others. Do the Koch brothers know that there are poor people in the USA? They, like tRump are all for themselves.

[Delmette2.0]

9. Perhaps on some level it's all a game to them?

The ultra rich mist know that they have more than enough to live one and still pass millions down to their children and grandchildren. Yet they continue trying to out do each other.

[pangaia]

7. From where is this quote? I would like to use it.

[dalton99a]

12. Certainly

https://www.thenation.com/article/a-soulless-coward-coach-gregg-popovich-responds-to-trump/
‘A Soulless Coward’: Coach Gregg Popovich Responds to Trump

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2017/10/16/a-soulless-coward-gregg-popovich-slams-trumps-comments-on-slain-soldiers/
‘A soulless coward’: Gregg Popovich slams Trump’s comments on slain soldiers

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/10/16/spurs-coach-gregg-popovich-calls-donald-trump-a-soulless-coward.html
The NBA's war with Trump continues: Spurs Coach Popovich calls the president a 'soulless coward' for false claim about Obama

etc.

[pangaia]

13. DUH! Guess I could have looked it up, eh. LOL

Thanks

[Ferrets are Cool]

6. I admire Pop so very much.

[Aristus]

8. This makes me happy. I know it's more about the man and not the city,

but San Antonio is the city of my birth. I like knowing that there's something progressive about the place.

Fact is, in Texas most cities are more progressive than the rural areas. But that's not saying an awful lot, outside of Austin. Every little bit helps.

[MagickMuffin]

14. "Then, you're an ass if you don't give it. Pretty simple."

Pretty Simple, indeed!!!