Maxwell Pearce
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317 appearances
2 recordings
2 series
first heard Jun 2026
last heard 29 Jun
Maxwell Pearce’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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And it was mind-boggling to me because...
Here I was thinking that I knew everything that there was to know about using a basketball.
And it's like, I'm wrong.
I was wrong.
And all I had to do was just reevaluate how I looked at this thing that I had already known for 25 years.
So I think everybody should try to take that approach, which is, by the way, a playful and open approach to what it is that they already know.
So those would probably be my two biggest pieces of advice.
Although we were playing sports, we weren't coached to be very playful.
I learned that there was a seriousness in respecting the quality of the game.
But ironically, it was my playfulness that got me to this point in my career.
Play is the most important ingredient in every person and every industry's evolution.
Play has given me the flexibility, but also the vision to see these materials as something more than just what we use on the court or on the field.
I am a member of the Harlem Globetrotters, a legendary exhibition basketball team that is credited for integrating the NBA, popularizing new moves like the alley-oop and creating so many others.
These are the new moves that have advanced the game, but they've also given joy to the people that come and watch us perform.
And that right there is precisely how we have lasted for 100 years while also earning a spot in the Hall of Fame.
Getting to this point in my career certainly was not a straight line.
I've always struggled with high-level sports coaching.
There's a certain culture that has excessive cursing, yelling and also a hyper-seriousness that can really stunt your growth.
Although we were playing sports, ironically, we were coached not to be very playful.
I was a creative kid who loved art, but I was really, really shy.
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