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I am like that guy on the 'Odd Couple,' and it is not the neat guy. I go into my room and find pieces of pizza under the laundry.
The basic premise of my system is to fatigue your opponents with constant pressure defensively and constant movement offensively.
I ignore the jealous, I ignore the malicious, I ignore the ignorant, and I ignore the paranoid. If the shoe fits anyone, wear it.
When my time on earth is gone, and my activities here are passed, I want they bury me upside down, and my critics can kiss my ass!
Harry Truman, with what he did in dropping and having the guts to drop the bomb in 1944, saved - saved millions of American lives.
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 just think we shouldn't get into counting coaches' records. I've never been for that... but I know that's just American society.
If a farmer and his family can get up at 5:30 every morning to milk cows, surly we can get up at that time to practice basketball.
Georgetown is still Georgetown. They have got a tremendous name and recognition. They are in a great area and have a great school.
Cancer can take away all of my physical abilities. It cannot touch my mind, it cannot touch my heart, and it cannot touch my soul.
Life changes when you least expect it to. The future is uncertain. So, seize this day, seize this moment, and make the most of it.
I feel like I had zero control over getting cancer, but I have 100 percent control over how I will respond to dealing with cancer.
Sports taught me how to compete on the court, and taught me how to compete in life. Sports and life run parallel with one another.
When I had troubles, I'd go out - with basketball, you can do it by yourself, too. So you'd go out and shoot, and you'd fantasize.
When you have a problem, if you tell the truth, the problem becomes part of your past. If you lie, it becomes part of your future.
Every coach in every sport, one of their larger concerns is the balance between work and rest. We all think about it all the time.
I once said coaching a first-year team was a religious experience. You do a lot of praying - but most of the time the answer is NO.
Really, the scheme is not going to win you a possession or even a game. You have to burn some calories and make some things happen.
I'm going to demand. I'm going to push and prod. And a lot of times, players don't know what is needed for a team to break through.
The more that we've tried to think conventionally in terms of guys playing just a specific position, it restricted us a little bit.
No matter what business you're in, you can't run in place or someone will pass you by. It doesn't matter how many games you've won.
There can only be one state of mind as you approach any profound test; total concentration, a spirit of togetherness, and strength.
Winning takes character and intelligence. It is the most important thing you can do because it's a reaffirmation of your character.
My job as a coach was to make something meaningful out of one of the most mundane activities on the planet: playing pro basketball.
The NCAA is one of the worst organizations - maybe the worst organization - in sports. They certainly don't care about the athlete.
When I first got to Toronto, we were last in defense, 20-something in offense, we were the laughing stock in the Eastern Conference.
It's such a great lesson for young players in this league that winning is the most important thing, and that's what Dwyane embodies.
You didn't hear anything about 'Celtic Pride' when they had Sidney Wicks and Curtis Rowe and they were only winning 32 games a year.
Pete Newell told me 'get as much information and learn as much about the game as you can, but use your own personality to teach it.'
I fell in love with coaching. I loved interacting with young people, having the opportunity to make a tremendous impression on them.
It's amazing the things you hear from your players talking to them one on one. I never embarrassed a player, I spoke with him alone.
When you grow up on a dairy farm, cows don't take a day off. So you work every day and my dad always said, 'No one can outwork you,'
When you grow up on a dairy farm, cows don't take a day off. So you work every day and my dad always said, 'No one can outwork you.'
Basketball is my passion, and I love it, and I love to see my players succeed. I'm here for them and my children. That's my passion.
Discipline is knowing what to do. Knowing when to do it. Doing it to the best of your abilities. Doing it that way every single time.
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.
Some people might think they need to venture out on their own to create their own image. I do not have any of those kind of feelings.
If you were born white, you automatically have a monstrous advantage educationally, economically, culturally, and within the society.
In every single day, in every walk of life, ordinary people do extraordinary things. Ordinary People accomplish Extraordinary things.
Companies are increasingly taking responsibility for the safety of the food they sell, rather than risk their brand on a large recall.
Son, my name isn't Knight to you, it's coach Knight or it's Mr. Knight. I don't call people by their last name and neither should you.
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?
You have to make shots to win basketball games and we didn't do that. You also have to get back on defense, so it was a double-whammy.
I love Charles Barkley, he's a good friend of mine and he's a funny guy. He knows nothing about college basketball. Less than nothing.
More than half the G League is going to be high school kids that are trying to make it. I hope I'm wrong. I absolutely hope I'm wrong.
I want to thank the people at UMass, Memphis, and Kentucky for giving Ellen and I an opportunity to coach at three great institutions.
We'd like to think our consumers are listening. But in reality, the milder weather the last few days probably has a lot to do with it.
It's especially important since September 11 for people to be trained for the unexpected. We want to try to make sure people are safe.
When a great team loses through complacency, it will constantly search for new and more intricate explanations to explain away defeat.