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Quotes by Coach
"The only thing I would like is to have more control of the game in terms of possession."
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"I became an optimist when I discovered that I wasn't going to win any more games by being anything else."
36
"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."
36
"We've got a support system that gives our players a wonderful opportunity to graduate. If they go to class and give good effort, they can graduate from this school, and I believe that's important when you go out recruiting."
35
"Pressure is a word that is misused in our vocabulary. When you start thinking of pressure, it's because you've started to think of failure."
35
"I think in England you eat too much sugar and meat and not enough vegetables."
35
"I played in Joe Louis in a playoff game. I played there when the roof caved in for half a season. The facility is great for basketball because it goes straight up, so you feel like the fans are on top of you."
35
"You don't play against opponents, you play against the game of basketball."
35
"The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor."
35
"It's what you've been a part of for so long. I don't think I can watch a game without an interest in who wins."
35
"If you aren't fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm."
35
"The person who has inspired me my whole life is my Mom, because she taught me commitment. She sacrificed."
35
"Don't do anything in practice that you wouldn't do in the game."
34
"It's your body and you're going to have a much better life, you are going to have a quality life, better lifestyle, you're going to be healthier, you're going to be happier, you're going to enjoy the people around you and they're going to enjoy you more."
34
"Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts."
34
"I can remember loving to recruit. I knew I was going to do my best. But traveling and recruiting doesn't appeal to me any more. It's not as much fun as it used to be."
34
"The only mystery in life is why the kamikaze pilots wore helmets."
34
"Obviously my last two years in the NFL were not much fun at all."
34
"The only thing that we cannot control is our supporters."
34
"The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will."
34
"All I can say is that I'm going to try to coach the way I've coached in the past. And if it ends up not being good enough, then so be it."
34
"Everybody wants to take responsibility when you win, but when you fail, all these fingers are pointing."
34
"Some of us will do our jobs well and some will not, but we will be judged by only one thing-the result."
34
"My ambition in high school was to be a high school coach and teacher, and that's still what I do: teach."
34
"Walking has been ridiculous in college basketball the past 15 years."
34
"I don't know how to put it, but yet you know we have so many people who the way they look at life, the way they work depends on what happens, us winning or losing. It's kind of crazy. So, I kind of got caught up in that, I'm gonna try to stay away from that."
33
"An objective truth and individual reason are feared above all."
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