Norman Black
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"Norman Augustus Black" is an American retired professional sports/professional basketball player who played in the Continental Basketball Association/CBA, National Basketball Association/NBA, and Philippine Basketball Association/PBA. He's the current head coach for the Meralco Bolts.

He has since settled in the Philippines. He is also a former head coach of the San Miguel Beermen, Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters/Mobiline Phone Pals, Pop Cola Panthers/Pop Cola 800s, Sta. Lucia Realtors and Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters. He has also coached the Ateneo Blue Eagles in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines/UAAP. During his playing career, his monicker is "Mr. 100%".

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We see this as something that threatens the image ... of the Olympics. I think that is the way most sponsors feel.

It's going to be tough, there's no question. It's good going into the game that we've beaten them, but we have to play much better than we did (against La Salle) to beat UE.

We have no problem with picketers. We do have a problem when they decide to block vehicles going in and out of our plants.

Our fate is in our own hands so it was just a matter of getting our act together. It was a big win for us but on Thursday, it's going to be a different ballgame.

Against La Salle, I expect a pressing type of game and a full-court running game. They're going to press us from minute one to the 40th minute and we just have to be ready to get into a fast-paced game with them.

I think this is the first time I saw my big men have the legs to run up and down the floor. JC (Intal) and Doug (Kramer) showed that tonight.

We're very concerned about those allegations.

In the beginning of the year, the goal was to reach the Final Four and we accomplished that. We had a chance to come in second but we let that one go.

It's an exam we haven't been able to pass in the UAAP.