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Quotes by Basketball-coach

"You have to do something in your life that is honorable and not cowardly if you are to live in peace with yourself, and for the firefighter it is fire."

"I never really had a chance to know the players individually... I thought when they were on the floor, they worked hard. But I never really got to know them."

"The American dream, to me, means having the opportunity to achieve, because I don't think you should be guaranteed anything other than opportunity."

"I worry about the things I can affect, and the things I have no control over I move by."

"If you can't go through it, find a way around it. Don't spend all your time banging your head."
Time,

"We should never discourage young people from dreaming dreams."

"If you fail the first time that's just a chance to start over again."

"They drink a lotta beer, do a lotta riding around; I drink a lotta beer, do a lotta riding around."
Beer,

"I originally had an idea about a family of people who were homeless, just traveling around without any solid roots or any home, who made their way around working wherever they could. I started it with them. The idea of Joe as a protagonist came along a little later."

"I listen to some of the comments on WIP - they're playing parts of the press conference - and I can see where people would read into things. But if anyone was at the press conference, I think would sense how much I enjoyed Philly and how I loved working for those people."

"I think it is necessary to sit down and work for years and years to get it right. I think that's the main thing, that's what the emphasis has got to be on: individual work."
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