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BS is just what it stands for, an MS is More of the Same, and a PhD is Piled Higher and Deeper.
Positioning, anticipation and technique create quickness. Therefore, you can always get quicker
Shared suffering: one guy messes up and everyone runs. One guy does well and everyone benefits.
To me, 60 isn't old. It's a blessing to have my health. I still feel like I'm in my 30s or 40s.
Sid Lowe is someone I respect in the league. Knows the game, knows how to teach, great teacher.
There's no doubt in our minds we can play with the best teams in the country - if we play well.
All the fascination with numbers conspires to make you forget the beauty of the game sometimes.
The thing I hate about writers is they want to state their case and they use false information.
I'm playing the guys who are going to fight. If you're not into this, I'm going to someone else
I think a lot of blue collar people related to me because a lot of people work for their money.
The life expectancy of a team is about eight months. Then the next year, it's a whole new team.
We're gonna get some time to sit down individually with each player and see what their role is.
We're shooting 100 percent - 60 percent from the field and 40 percent from the free-throw line.
Admit to and make yourself accountable for mistakes. How can you improve if you're never wrong?
I will have Derek Fisher wear all 5 of his rings the first time he comes in to talk to Carmelo.
Even though he lived on the beach in college, he didn't have a tan. Now that's a serious player!
The structure of your practice is the main reason for your success or lack of success as a coach
You're always growing as a coach, and I am not done growing, and hopefully I'm not done winning.
If we're gonna win, we have to play up to and beyond our potential. We're capable of doing that.
The reality is that luck does play a part of it. It does. Ultimately it's a make or miss league.
You don't play extra guys just to play them. You play 'em because they can help you in some way.
You do things other people cannot do, so just stay in the moment as you improve the other areas.
If you react to every barking dog, if you stop for every barking dog, you're never getting home.
Some of the best kids I coach were raised by a grandmother who was so firm that they understood.
Our goal is not to win. It's to play together and play hard. Then, winning takes care of itself.
I think sometimes for me that sounds like almost being selfish. I am not about personal records.
I think helped our players in terms of being able to fight through some adversity along the way.
Leadership is not about forcing your will on others. It's about mastering the art of letting go.
A coach's main job is to reawaken a spirit in which the players can blend together effortlessly.
I'm a sports-watcher. I played football and baseball, coached baseball. So I watch those things.
After September 11, I don't think people really believe things like this are all that important.
LeBron is LeBron. They're not going to call offensive fouls on him. He gets to do what he wants.
My goal is to win the next game one possession at a time. That's it. I don't have any other goals
I just think a guy that knows how to play when you put him on a good team, he can be really good.
When you get to be my age, you don't buy green bananas because you may not be around to eat them.
From a pure basketball standpoint, it's hard to say you wouldn't want Kawhi Leonard on your team.
In order to grow we must be open to new ideas...new ways of doing things... new ways of thinking.
Don't let a week go by without conferences with each player, you can't teach it all on the floor.
Don't try to imitate other coaches. Be your own person with your own style and do your own thing.
If something works for another school, use it. Don't act like you are too good to use other ideas
I have said all along that I would know when it would be time to step down, and now is that time.
The people who get into trouble in our company are those who carry around the anchor of the past.
K-State is a dangerous team. Those are the kind of teams you don't want to see in the tournament.
I've got a theory that if you give 100% all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end.
Once you are labeled 'the best' you want to stay up there, and you can't do it by loafing around.
I'm looking for players who make their teammates better. You do that with enthusiasm and passion.
Each group and each youngster is different. As a leader or coach, you get to know what they need.
The key to teamwork is to learn a role, accept a role, and strive to become excellent playing it.
Not only is there more to life than basketball, there's a lot more to basketball than basketball.
Pau is one of the best big men in the game. I mean, Pau Gasol is going to be in the Hall of Fame.