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I'm not a late-night guy.
The game honors toughness
I'm a huge Billy Donovan fan.
I'm not a big basketball book guy.
I always was intrigued by the N.B.A.
I'm pretty bland. I'm not a big decorator.
I learned you don't put limitations on yourself.
You have to play together and play the right way.
I think the NBA's amazing and I think our players are amazing.
You have to prepare well to ultimately get where you want to go.
I don't keep a lot of the trophy stuff. I don't pay attention to it.
I appreciate who I work with, I appreciate the players and the staff.
Just as you get older, you gain more experiences, you see more things.
How good can we expect to be if our best player is not our best teammate
You have to earn your right to win the game with effort and togetherness
My experience at DePauw was about as beneficial as any experience I've had.
That's part of free agency. You can go where you want at the end of the day.
I'm only interested in being better than everyone else thought you could be.
I guess I could be happy in anything where you feel like there's a scoreboard.
One of the great things about coaching is it's a different challenge every day.
We want to be as routine-oriented as we can, but it's just not always feasible.
I love the game of basketball. I don't know if I like it better than competing.
I guess my Indy friends don't always love to hear this, but yeah I root for the Pats.
What makes Butler truly unique is the people that we have been so blessed to work with.
Nutrition and sleep are two of the most underrated things, especially with younger kids.
If somebody gives you accolades, that's nice to hear but it's not the end-all, be-all for me.
My goal is to win the next game one possession at a time. That's it. I don't have any other goals
I can tell you right now, anybody that says I'm genius, that is the farthest thing from the truth.
As a coach, you have to have a short-term memory when it comes to shooting. Let it fly and move on.
I get great satisfaction from trying to get better and trying to do the next thing as well as I can.
I find five or six restaurants and I just constantly order from them or go there. I don't change much.
We're building a culture of accountability, trust, and togetherness. Entitlement will not be tolerated
The difference between a good defensive team and a bad defensive team is as little as three possessions
I think the game will always be dependent on the players that are at its most elite level at that time.
All 15 guys on every team want to play all 48 minutes. It's just kind of the way that every season goes.
You have a choice to make when you're not playing. Either you're invested and a great teammate, or your not
Two points doesn't seem like a lot, but there's only 2 points that separate the best from the worst sometimes.
As a coach I think that's one of the things we have to exude: the ability to move on regardless of the result.
You have a chance to show your true colors through adverse times. You can make a conscious decision to change things.
My care is that we play with great effort and togetherness. That is what we're looking for. That's what we want to be.
If I was playing a game of Sorry or checkers with my nine-year-old, I hate losing. That's just my makeup and personality.
When things don't go your way, the day after you wake up and try to get better and be as good as you can be the next day.
The key is to maintain an evenness. Try to play one possession at a time, regardless of what happened on the last possession
It's so much fun to dream in your driveway. I had an old wooden backboard in my driveway. That's where my friends and I hung out.
Nobody has had a bigger influence on me as far as day-to-day preparation than Todd Lickliter. He was a huge, huge, huge influence.
I couldn't be more proud to be in the NBA, to be with the Celtics and be surrounded by the people I get to go to work with every day.
I like to be pretty streamlined, to maximize our time on the practice floor. I like to make sure I'm respectful of our players' time.
I think the biggest thing in this league is how many positions can you guard and do you have a strength offensively that's applicable?
Of all the great moments at Butler, I still remember the losses most vividly. I don't know why. I guess that's kind of what drives you.
One thing I'd like to do better personally is decompress. Obviously when things don't go your way, you'll be thinking of it all the time.