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"If I didn't have a recruiting engagement, I was going to be here. I did everything possible to change the recruiting thing. I'm a very small part of this night, but I did want to be a part of it."
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"When things break, it's not the actual breaking that prevents them from getting back together again. It's because a little piece gets lost - the two remaining ends couldn't fit together even if they wanted to. The whole shape has changed."
"Every misfortune is a fortune."
"Don't conform. Don't live in a small dirty pond when the ocean of life is lovingly inviting you."
"No matter how disappointing you believe your life currently is, it is never too late to start reshaping it to become an amazing testimony."
"To change yourself, let go of what you are and accept what you want to be."
"Things don't only change, they also change you; sometimes for good, sometimes not."
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"He knew I enjoyed the relationships of college basketball. All along, he was the wise one."
"Francisco Garcia could have been a high draft choice last year, probably in the 20s. He's the best wing player I've ever coached. But he's done it the right way. He knew he had to work on his body to become a good pro. When he goes into the pros, he'll be physically ready."
"The only way to get people to like working hard is to motivate them. Today, people must understand why they're working hard. Every individual in an organization is motivated by something different."
"Failure is good. It's fertilizer. Everything I've learned about coaching, I've learned from making mistakes."
"I can say that hands down from being in this business 32 years; we're going to be much better than we were last year just because there's eight new players that now have experience and Palacios will be healthy."
"I'm at the stage of my career when it's not only about winning and developing players, it's about having fun. That's a void in your life right now, but it's something you're going to have here."
"I just don't deal with the negativity. I can't get involved in that side of it. I don't understand it, and you can't let it take away from your life and what you are trying to do."
"It could happen to anyone when you get hired by a different president. There's a difference in philosophies. It happens. It's a change in CEOs. They have their own people, their own philosophies, and it's different than what Bob stands for."
"After September 11, I don't think people really believe things like this are all that important."
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