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Quotes by Coach
"Practice does not make perfect. Only perfect practice makes perfect."
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"Treat a person as he is, and he will remain as he is. Treat a person as if he were where he could be and should be, and he will become what he could be and should be."
Will,
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"For me, it is just the total experience - from the time I first started as an assistant coach until I wound up at the University of Texas for 20 years."
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"The will to succeed is important, but what's more important is the will to prepare."
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"We count on winning. And if we lose, don't beef. And the best way to prevent beefing is - don't lose."
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"A coach is someone who can give correction without causing resentment."
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"Believe deep down in your heart that you're destined to do great things."
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"Two kinds of ballplayers aren't worth a darn: One that never does what he's told, and one who does nothin' except what he's told."
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"Players have two things to do. Play and keep their mouths shut."
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"They scored 26 points in three quarters. That's solid defense."
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"You've got to think lucky. If you fall into a mudhole, check your back pocket - you might have caught a fish."
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"The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand."
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"I really don't like talking about money. All I can say is that the Good Lord must have wanted me to have it."
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"The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have."
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"I think the Pistons have such a well rounded team, which is why they're so successful. All you have to do is look at the stats defensively and at their rebounding and scoring."
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"We can all be geniuses because one definition of genius is the infinite capacity for taking pains."
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"The key is not the will to win... everybody has that. It is the will to prepare to win that is important."
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"Drink the first. Sip the second slowly. Skip the third."
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"Leadership is diving for a loose ball, getting the crowd involved, getting other players involved. It's being able to take it as well as dish it out. That's the only way you're going to get respect from the players."
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"Teamwork is what the Green Bay Packers were all about. They didn't do it for individual glory. They did it because they loved one another."
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"Never quit. It is the easiest cop-out in the world. Set a goal and don't quit until you attain it. When you do attain it, set another goal, and don't quit until you reach it. Never quit."
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"I think generally the Japanese players have more intensity in practice but generally I do the same things."
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"Do you want to be safe and good, or do you want to take a chance and be great?"
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"I'm happy with the coach we have. I think any one of the ones I asked them to consider would've been good."
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"One day of practice is like one day of clean living. It doesn't do you any good."
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