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"Basketball was not my main sport in grade school, or even the first year of high school."
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"The basketball coach cut me within two days, so I was back in the pool. I was the first one in the wall after the first 25 yards, but the last one out because I didn't have a flip turn."
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"Handball, swimming, running, jumping, basketball, and boxing were as much a part of me as breathing."
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"We've got to play better basketball."
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"You don't play against opponents, you play against the game of basketball."
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"I'm the basketball version of a gravedigger."
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"Theaters are great. They're designed to sound good, not for basketball."
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"I wanted a NBA basketball gym at my house and that's what I worked hard for and I was able to achieve that."
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"Basketball is a team game. But that doesn't mean all five players should have the same amount of shots."
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"I played varsity on all of them for four years. I'm 5'9 and that's not that tall for a center so I was a forward. I loved playing volleyball and basketball and track I was good at, but it stressed me out."
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"Yeah, I like cars and basketball. But you know what I like more? Bananas."
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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."
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"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
"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."
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"Basketball was not my main sport in grade school, or even the first year of high school."
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"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
"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."
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