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Quotes by Coach
"Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts."
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"I'd rather have a lot of talent and a little experience than a lot of experience and a little talent."
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"Nothing is work unless you'd rather be doing something else."
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"Young players need freedom of expression to develop as creative players... they should be encouraged to try skills without fear of failure."
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"A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his goals."
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"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."
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"Coaches are an integral part of any manager's team, especially if they are good pinochle players."
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"The leader can never close the gap between himself and the group. If he does, he is no longer what he must be. He must walk a tightrope between the consent he must win and the control he must exert."
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"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."
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"I didn't have a thing to do with picking a coach, and didn't want to. But I didn't think they'd pick one I didn't like."
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"Good seasons start with good beginnings."
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"We didn't think he would play on Sunday because he was suspended - that makes me think he has all the qualities to join Arsenal!"
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"You don't play against opponents, you play against the game of basketball."
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"Sol has experience, pace and physical power, which nobody else has together."
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"The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor."
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"It's silly to work hard the whole week and then spoil it by not preparing properly before the game."
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"Imagination has a great deal to do with winning."
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"The only reason I'm coming out here tomorrow is the schedule says I have to."
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"Once you win a National Championship, how do you do that again? How do you get the passion to do that again? We won it again right away, the next year. A lot of it had to do with the fact that I didn't give myself an opportunity to enjoy the first one."
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"At home we're the hosts, and I never liked the idea of being embarrased in front of our friends."
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"Everybody wants to take responsibility when you win, but when you fail, all these fingers are pointing."
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"I've never predicted anything. All I have ever said is, that we will do the very best we can."
Will,
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"What you are as a person is far more important that what you are as a basketball player."
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