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"The biggest difference is in the leadership. It was better for us. We had more coaches and mentors to help us. A lot of the younger players today suffer from a lack of direction."
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"As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others."
"Leaders reject free opportunities they don't need, so that they can have time to create the expensive opportunities they need."
"Whatever dream God gave to you is for the comfort of those God keeps around you!"
"When you are a person people can trust, they will call on upon you, love to be around you and work with you."
"If I am to choose between "sleeping" and "being part of a leadership that pursues irrelevant agenda", I will choose "sleeping". Chasing of irrelevant agenda by a leadership sect is what made Nelson Mandela to call it "Long Walk to Freedom!"
"You will never be able to go to the east if you follow people who are on the way that leads to the west."
"With teamwork, any little contribution you make yields greater output when it meets the contribution of others, and guess who gets the plus? Everyone in the team!"
"We need Wisdom to seek for the Kindom and we need the Kingdom to have the Freedom to posess all other things!"
"I would rather be an artist than a leader. Ironically, a leader has to follow the rules."
"Have clean hands in whatever you do. Integrity is doing the right thing when people are watching you and still making it right when they keep their eyes off."
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"I can't think of any NBA team over the last few years that lost three starters. And we replaced them basically with three guys who really haven't played in this league."
"My first choice was to work it out with Larry Brown. I needed Larry and I gave him 50 million bucks. This is a situation that I'm in and I'll handle it and I'll make it work."
"It's hard to get people to overcome the thought that they have to take care of themselves first. It's hard to get players to give in to the group and become selfless as opposed to selfish."
"If all I'm remembered for is being a good basketball player, then I've done a bad job with the rest of my life."
"I've been in pressure situations before. All my life it's been about pressure and having to get it done. Just because you say it publicly, it does not make me afraid of it or make me shy away from it."
"The type of athletes we draft still need types of versatility on the defense side of the ball, run the offense. You should still be concerned on the offense side of the ball."
"How can I tell the eighth or ninth man on the team that I want you to work hard every day and I want you to improve and get better, but while you're doing that you're not going to get any minutes?"
"We decided to either try trades or just go with older players. If you do that and let contracts expire you can be in the lottery for about four or five years and expect your fans to be patient."
"I want to see if the player communicates with his teammates and how he responds to coaching. Another thing to remember is players' bodies can develop better than their skills."
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