Steve Kerr

Steve Kerr is the image of self-control. It masks the outrage underpinning his life.

“I’m tired of the — excuse me, I’m, I’m sorry, I’m so — I’m so tired of the moments of silence. Kerr’s great strength, his riveting signature as coach of the Warriors, is his conveyance of that same freeing vantage point to his players. But the real seed of it was perhaps planted much, much earlier, by the scholar-father who embedded that first clue, the power of thoughtful self-possession, the ability to compete with a sense of inquisitiveness rather than insistence or recrimination. Later, after some of the heat had gone out of him and he was capable of listening, Malcolm would explain that temper only compounded his problems. “I completely broke down crying and throwing a fit, and everybody thought I was crazy,” he said. “I was a disaster as a kid with my temper because I was so competitive,” he confessed. After the game, he would simmer in the car ride on the way home, as his parents listened with detached calm. “I learned to at least pretend like I was composed,” he said. If Kerr has one quality above all others, it’s a sure perception of context, that basketball is not the most serious endeavor, but a balm. When it wavers, as it did Tuesday night after the mass shooting in Uvalde, Tex., when his voice cracks and his palm hits the table, you remember what’s under there, and it renews your respect for the healing resolution he has found for himself in the game. What matters is that unlike a lot of siloed athletes, the Golden State Warriors coach has actually lived the grief of which he speaks, not merely played out false dramas on courts or in demonstrations, and he has struggled mightily for every ounce of self-possession he has. He was almost uncontrollably tempestuous as a child until he was tamed by his parents’ scholarly patience — only to have one of those parents assassinated by a Islamist militant’s gun.

"I am tired, I am so tired of getting up here and offering condolences to the devastated families that are out there," the NBA coach said.

I ask you, are you going to put your own desire for power ahead of the lives of our children, and our elderly, and our churchgoers? "I'm so tired of the excuse, I'm so tired of the moments of silence. "So I ask you, [Senate Majority Leader] Mitch McConnell, I ask all of you senators who refuse to do anything about the violence in school shootings and supermarket shootings.

"I'm so tired of getting up here and offering condolences to the devastated families...I'm tired of the moments of silence. Enough!"

How would you feel if this happened to you today? There’s a reason they won’t vote on it: to hold onto power.” I’m so tired of the moments of silence.

Reacting to the Texas school shooting earlier in the day, Golden State Warriors' head coach Steve Kerr gets emotional during his press conference before ...

“Doesn’t seem like it would be that far of a stretch, but for whatever reason, we’re paralyzed and unable to do anything to protect our citizens. “Hopefully we’ll find enough people, first of all, to vote good people in, but hopefully we can find enough people with courage to help our citizens remain safe and focus on the real safety issues. Nov. 6, 2017: “To solve it, I think we almost have to look at it like a public-health issue. It doesn’t matter that people are being shot at a concert, in a movie theater. It doesn’t seem to matter to our government that children are being shot to death day after day in schools. There are so many common-sense gun reform measures that we can take, and yet we refuse to do so out of ideological dynamics. “Our government hasn’t done anything in terms of gun-safety laws. Nov. 8, 2018: “I know we’re going to have a moment of silence tonight. “Everyone has their personal issue that’s important to them, and my personal issue is gun safety, gun control. Freedom would be the ability to live without fear of getting murdered.” I’m sorry — I’m tired of the moments of silence. “I’m so tired of getting up here and offering condolences to the devastated families that are out there.

Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr ripped senators after a gunman opened fire at an elementary school in Udalve, Texas, on Tuesday. Kerr called for gun ...

"I ask all of you senators who refuse to do anything about the violence in school shootings and supermarket shootings — I ask you: Are you going to put your own desire for power ahead of the lives of our children, and our elderly, and our churchgoers? And when it comes to gun violence stateside, he’s served as a kind of sports spokesman after multiple school shootings now, a shameful indicator of just how recurrent this issue is. There's a high chance by now you've seen the viral video of Kerr indignantly slamming his hand on a table over Tuesday’s mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, in which 19 children and two teachers were killed.

The heartbreaking family tragedy behind NBA coach Steve Kerr's emotional gun plea ... 'When are we going to do something?!' ... Golden State Warriors coach Steve ...

“So I received a phone call in the middle of the night from a family friend,” Kerr said. I accept that challenge to try to use my voice and platform to help hopefully make change. His career would feature five championships as a player – highlighted by an incredible game-winning shot against the Jazz in Game 6 of the 1997 NBA Finals. “My phone rang in my dorm at 3 o’clock in the morning, so I knew something was up. “It made me understand the pain that others experience, the effect that death can have. At that time, the country was mired in civil war between factions backed by foreign nations including Israel and Syria. American citizens in Lebanon became a target after the US government deployed Marines to the country in a failed attempt to secure peace. And America is listening. Steve Kerr hardly ever speaks of his father’s murder in public or private. Few would have predicted he would become an NBA champion with Michael Jordan’s Chicago Bulls, or a superb coach at the Warriors. The Golden State coach’s father, Malcolm Kerr, was himself a victim of gun violence. It’s made me realise that millions of people go through these things.” “Before my father was killed, my life was impenetrable,” he said to the Tribune.

The NBA coach has won three championships during his time in the Bay Area. But his most important contributions go beyond basketball.

During my interview with Coach Kerr in my book, he explained how he gives players the freedom to be who they are and discussed with me topics his team are passionate about. Players and coaches supporting each other as they speak out on topics they value is important as they seek to make positive changes in society. Indeed, Kerr himself has had his own battles with Trump and attacked the former president’s proposed ban on refugees and travelers from some Muslim-majority countries in 2017. The gunman accused of the murders in Buffalo is also 18 and had also legally bought assault rifles, one of which he is alleged to have used in the killings. He told me how that desire to listen to players is reciprocated when he is passionate about something like gun control. Kerr was playing college basketball in Arizona at the time, and the incident has defined much of his life. Golden State’s star guard Stephen Curry retweeted his coach’s entire pre-game press conference, along with the caption: “Watch this as much as you watch the game tonight.” It’s on everybody’s mind coming into the game,” Curry said. By the end of the press conference, Kerr was too angry to continue. I’m tired of the moments of silence. “There’s 50 senators right now who refuse to vote on HR8, which is a background check rule [for gun purchases] that the House passed a couple years ago. I’ve had enough,” he said and walked out the room.

Steve Kerr didn't want to talk about basketball. Despite the Golden State Warriors being one win away from their first NBA Finals appearance since 2019, ...

Like seriously "AT SCHOOL" where it's suppose to be the safest!" "The Astros are absolutely heartbroken by today’s tragedy in our state. He added, "There simply has to be change! "My thoughts and prayers goes out to the families of love ones loss & injured at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, TX! Like when is enough enough man!!! "Absolutely tragic," Paul tweeted. "We're going to try to play the game. We have no choice, the game is not going to be canceled... We will truly play with heavy hearts tonight for the school of Robb Elementary School." "That's what we're going to do. In the last 10 days, we've had elderly Black people killed in a supermarket in Buffalo, we've had Asian churchgoers killed in Southern California. Now we have children murdered at school." to think about your own child or grandchild, mother or father, sister, brother." "I'm so tired of getting up here and offering condolences to the devastated families that are out there.

Hours before Tuesday night's Game 4 in Dallas, Warriors coach Steve Kerr delivered an impassioned plea for gun control in response to the mass shooting at a ...

Just two days after the Buffalo mass shooting, one person was killed and five others were wounded in a shooting at a Taiwanese church in Laguna Woods, California, that was described by the Orange County sheriff as a "politically motivated hate incident." But the news of what is happening, not just here in Texas but throughout our country, is sad." After the game, Wings guard Arike Ogunbowale echoed Kerr, emphasizing, "Something has to change." "We will truly play with heavy hearts tonight for the community, for the school of Robb Elementary School," Kidd said. I've had enough" Kerr said. I ask you: Are you going to put your own desire for power ahead of the lives of our children and our elderly and our churchgoers? "I'm fed up. As he looked into the camera, he continued, "So I ask you: [Senate Minority Leader] Mitch McConnell, I ask all of you senators who refuse to do anything about the violence and school shootings and supermarket shootings. "Uvalde, There are no right words. This was the school's last week of classes before summer break. I am so tired of the, excuse, I am sorry, I am tired of the moments of silence. On numerous occasions, including Tuesday, Kerr has pointed to H.R.8, a bill that would tighten background check rules for firearm purchases.

"When are we going to do something?" Warriors head coach Steve Kerr shouted at a press conference before his team was set to take on the Dallas Mavericks.

When in God's name do we do what we all know in our gut needs to be done?" "When are we going to do something?" "We as a nation have to ask when in God's name are we going to stand up to the gun lobby. "I ask you, Mitch McConnell, I ask all of you senators who refuse to do anything about the violence and school shootings and supermarket shootings – I ask you, are you going to put your own desire for power ahead of the lives of our children and our elderly and our churchgoers?" "They won't vote on it, because they want to hold on to their own power. Warriors head coach Steve Kerr shouted at a press conference before his team was set to take on the Dallas Mavericks.

Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr was critical of U.S. senators who have failed...

There was to be a moment of silence before the game. They refuse to to even put it to a vote, despite what the American people want. “It’s been sitting there for two years and there’s a reason they won’t vote on it: to hold onto power,” Kerr said. I’m sorry — I’m tired of the moments of silence. “I’m so tired of getting up here and offering condolences to the devastated families that are out there. Kerr, whose father, Malcolm, was assassinated when Steve Kerr was in college, is an outspoken critic of gun violence and of the politicians who abet it.

Following the tragic shooting that took place at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas earlier in the day, Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr delivered ...

For coach to come up here and say what he said - every word that he said was powerful, was meaningful. I am so tired of the - I am sorry, I am tired of the moments of silence. I ask you, are you going to put your own desire for power ahead of the lives of our children and our elderly and our churchgoers?

Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr refused to talk about basketball before his team's playoff game against the Dallas Mavericks on Tuesday night.

But the news of what is happening, not just here in Texas but throughout our country, is sad.” The winner will advance to the NBA finals, where they will play the Miami Heat or Boston Celtics. I ask you: Are you going to put your own desire for power ahead of the lives of our children and our elderly and our churchgoers? “We will truly play with heavy hearts tonight for the community, for the school of Robb Elementary School,” Kidd said. I am so tired of the, excuse me, I am sorry, I am tired of the moments of silence. Kerr looked into the camera before addressing the Senate minority leader, Mitch McConnell. “I ask you, Mitch McConnell, I ask all of you senators who refuse to do anything about the violence and school shootings and supermarket shootings.

Im fed up. Ive had enough. Were going to play the game tonight. But I want every person here, every person listening to this, to think about your own child ...

How would you feel if this happened to you today?" This is sickening." These children represent our country's future, our hopes, our dreams." Like seriously AT SCHOOL where its suppose to be the safest!" How would you feel if this happened to you today?" Arizona Cardinals defensive end J.J. Watt said: "Devastated doesn't even begin to describe it. "We're going to play the game tonight. Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum said: "Breaks my heart hearing this news, no parent should ever have to lose there child. San Antonio Spurs, via Twitter: "Uvalde, There are no right words. So I appreciate his leadership on that." LeBron James Tweeted: "My thoughts and prayers goes out to the families of love ones loss & injured at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, TX! Like when is enough enough man!!! I accept that challenge to try to use my voice and platform to help hopefully make change.

Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr made an impassioned plea to take stronger action against gun violence in the United States after 19 children and ...

"We're going to try to play the game. The game is not going to be canceled. "We're going to play the game tonight. How would you feel if this happened to you today?" "There's 50 Senators right now who refuse to vote on H.R. 8, which is a background check rule that the House passed a couple years ago. I'm so tired of getting up here and offering condolences to the devastated families that are out there ... I'm tired of the moments of silence.

"When are we gonna do something?!" the Golden State Warriors head coach asked Tuesday night. "I'm tired of the moments of silence. Enough."

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