University of New Mexico students gathered in the Student Union Building Tuesday to hear motivational speaker coach Ken Carter.
Carter is known across the nation as the man who locked his Richmond High School Oilers basketball team out of the gym and discontinued their season when they were not performing well academically in 1999. Paramount Pictures made the film “Coach Carter” in 2005, after Carter made headlines for his actions.
Tuesday, Carter shared what he thinks are the secrets that lead to a successful life.
One of these secrets is overcoming “winter.”
He describes “winter” as events that can be as small as getting your heart broken in the fifth grade by a girl who doesn’t like you back, to going all the way to the championship game, undefeated, and then risk losing it all.