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"I've tried to handle winning well, so that maybe we'll win again, but I've also tried to handle failure well. If those serve as good examples for teachers and kids, then I hope that would be a contribution I have made to sport. Not just basketball, but to sport."
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"I think some parents now look at a youngster failing as the final thing. It's a process, and failure is part of the process. I would like it if the teacher and the parents would connect more. I think that used to be, but we're losing a little bit of that right now."

"My ambition in high school was to be a high school coach and teacher, and that's still what I do: teach."

"Everybody wants to take responsibility when you win, but when you fail, all these fingers are pointing."

"Basketball was not my main sport in grade school, or even the first year of high school."

"Playing sport was somewhat frivolous, but I liked it. I rebelled a little bit, and wouldn't go to music lessons and things like that, but I would go and play ball. My parents learned to love it because they saw how much I got out of it."

"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."

"Each group and each youngster is different. As a leader or coach, you get to know what they need."

"Parents can really help, but they can also really hinder the development of their youngsters."
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