I played baseball, and that’s pretty much it. Basketball came late, this was, basketball was the sport that I tried to master, I kind of mastered baseball, so basketball was one of those things where I wanted to master this game, so that’s why I probably play it the way I do.
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My mental approach is totally different. My coach predicated everything on defense. He always talked about defense, defense, defense. I took it to heart that if you play defense, you can take the heart from an offensive player.
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Birth: | 25th September, 1911 |
Death: | 29th March, 1981 |
Nationality: | Trinidadian |
Profession: | Historian, Politician, Writer |
Eric Eustace Williams was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. He was a Trinidadian historian, politician, and writer. He served as the first Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago from 1962 until his death in 1981. He was also a noted Caribbean historian, and is widely regarded as "The Father of The Nation." In 1935, he received first-class honours for his B.A. in history from St Catherine's College, Oxford University. In 1938, he went on to obtain his doctorate from St Catherine's College, Oxford University. He wrote several books include: The Negro in the Caribbean, Capitalism and Slavery, History of the People of Trinidad and Tobago, British Historians and the West Indies, and From Columbus to Castro: The History of the Caribbean, 1492–1969.
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