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"A basketball team is like the five fingers on your hand. If you can get them all together, you have a fist. That's how I want you to play."
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"In sixth grade, my basketball team made it to the league championships. In double overtime, with three seconds left, I rebounded the ball and passed it - to the wrong team! They scored at the buzzer and we lost the game. To this day, I still have nightmares!"
"You need a teaching coach who understands the game of basketball, not just some guy coming on the court talking about Xs and Os."
"In football, there were drinks available everywhere you looked. On a golf tournament, you could find one free anywhere you wanted it. In tennis and NBA basketball, everybody had a hospitality suite, and so you could go there and load up if you wanted to."
"You don't play against opponents, you play against the game of basketball."
"Handball, swimming, running, jumping, basketball, and boxing were as much a part of me as breathing."
"I think that basketball players should get the job done no matter how it looks on the screen."
"I'm not a role model... Just because I dunk a basketball doesn't mean I should raise your kids."
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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."
"The life expectancy of a team is about eight months. Then the next year, it's a whole new team."
"The person who has inspired me my whole life is my Mom, because she taught me commitment. She sacrificed."
"I have a rule on my team: when we talk to one another, we look each other right in the eye, because I think it's tough to lie to somebody. You give respect to somebody."
"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."
"Everybody wants to take responsibility when you win, but when you fail, all these fingers are pointing."
"I had a really bad temper, when I was growing up. Sport helped me channel that temper into more positive acts."
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