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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."
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"Failure is your inability to recognize that you have made the same mistakes again. Making a mistake is normal, it turns abnormal when it's not recognized!"

"Admire the efforts of a failure like you admire the beauty of a sunset."

"Failure is not an option, winning or learning are the options."

"Fail big. Fail better.Try again. Without looking for a shelter."

"Failure could bring the best opportunity to start the most wonderful life."
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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."

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

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

"Actually, the Kentucky moment was better than winning the two National Championships, because it was the epitome of what I try to get from a team in a crisis situation."

"There are kids don't want to do something because they're afraid of looking stupid to their peers. There comes a time when they start protecting themselves, instead of extending. I want to make sure that they're always trying to extend themselves."

"To me, teamwork is the beauty of our sport, where you have five acting as one. You become selfless."

"The person who has inspired me my whole life is my Mom, because she taught me commitment. She sacrificed."

"That's what I do now: I lead and I teach. If we win basketball games from doing that, then that's great, but I lead and teach. Those are the two things I concentrate on."
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