Chris Paul: Skip Prosser ‘Taught Me About Life And Being A Man’
Chris Paul sat down with The Seth Davis Show to discuss his college head coach, the late Skip Prosser, whom Paul attributes taught him "about life and about being a man."
Chris Paul sat down with The Seth Davis Show to discuss his college head coach, the late Skip Prosser, whom Paul attributes taught him “about life and about being a man.”
On July 26, 2007, George Edward “Skip” Prosser, head basketball coach of the Wake Forest Demon Deacons, passed away. Only 56 years old, Prosser’s death shook college basketball and the sports world in general. Widely revered in coaching circles, he was one of those individuals about whom you never heard a bad word spoken.
Fully living up to the reputation of a teacher on and away from the court, Prosser was beloved by the players he coached. During an interview with The Seth Davis Show, Chris Paul, who played for Prosser from 2003-05, discussed the immense impact his college coach had on his daily life.
“For me, it’s funny. You think about some people that you’ve known your whole like and they don’t necessarily make an imprint on your life,” Paul told Davis. “I knew coach for all of four years, and I think about the imprint that he had on my life.”
Diving deeper, Paul offered up a couple maxims that he learned from his late coach.
“The words that he said. He used to say, ‘Never delay gratitude.’ That was one of his favorite sayings. ‘If you can’t be on time, be early.’ Aside from what he taught me about the game of basketball, he taught me about life and about being a man.”
In only four years of guidance, Prosser offered up a lifetime’s worth of wisdom to his young floor general. Now nearly a decade after his passing, the legacy of Prosser still shines brightly on, and more importantly, away from the court.
