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"My ambition in high school was to be a high school coach and teacher, and that's still what I do: teach."
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"I charge thee, fling away ambition. By that sin fell the angels."
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"It was an impossible achievement but that didn't stop me from trying and having fun."
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"To spend your time wanting things is to smother your time for achieving things beyond your expectations."
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"A part of me genuinely wanted to be the worst because I was so sick of everyone fighting to be the best."
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"Set goals to create a clear sense of purpose and direction."
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"Increase must become your natural desire."
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"Whenever God wants to intervene in the affairs of the earth, he intervenes through light, illumination, knowledge, insight, understanding, wisdom."
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"All I am saying is that you should begin to see greatness as something you cannot do without. Begin to see greatness as something that you cannot afford not to have."
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"An ambitious amateur will rise above a complacent master."
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"Discipline is needed in our pursuit."
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"I always won in my imagination. I always hit the game-winning shot, or I hit the free throw. Or if I missed, there was a lane violation, and I was given another one."
Imagination
"If you win a National Championship, or you win two, people think you have not only seen the Holy Grail, but you've embraced it. Basically, I do what a lot of people do, but I've been able to win."
People
"Even though we want huge individual egos, our collective ego is unbelievable."
Ego
"I think you're not a human being unless you have doubts and fears."
Being
"The life expectancy of a team is about eight months. Then the next year, it's a whole new team."
Life
"I'm fortunate now that I coach at Duke University and we've won a lot. I have some kids who haven't failed that much. But when they get to college, they're going to fail some time. That's a thing that I can help them the most with."
Time
"Once you win a National Championship, how do you do that again? How do you get the passion to do that again? We won it again right away, the next year. A lot of it had to do with the fact that I didn't give myself an opportunity to enjoy the first one."
Opportunity
"Basketball was not my main sport in grade school, or even the first year of high school."
Basketball
"I've been so fortunate in my life that my family has never been jealous of my success. They have shown true love and commitment to me by being supportive. They shared in it."
Family
"The thing I loved the most - and still love the most about teaching - is that you can connect with an individual or a group, and see that individual or group exceed their limits."
Love
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