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“I TEACH, AND I TEACH TOUGHNESS AND THE EVERYDAY FIGHT FOR SUCCESS. I COME FROM THAT ENVIRONMENT IN NEW YORK, WHERE YOU NEED THAT TO SURVIVE WHETHER THAT’S ON THE COURT OR IN EVERYDAY LIFE. HOW DOES THE TEAM DEVELOP TEAM TOUGHNESS? THROUGH THE COACH AND/OR THE LEADER.” Harold Rayford, coach at Tennessee Prep (Memphis), to USA TODAY High School Sports on why he should coach the next U.S. Under-19 men’s FIBA World Cup basketball team, after this year’s team coached by Kentucky’s John Calipari took the bronze medal.