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Nobody cared about swimming. You could draw a crowd for basketball.
We want to win. We want to win big. We want to win the whole thing.
A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.
I don't try to change myself to impress anybody. I'm just who I am.
If you're straight with your players, they'll be straight with you.
You've got to watch your back. We are targets as basketball payers.
We don't have selfish guys here, which sometimes leads to problems.
The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority.
I always mean what I say, but I don't always say what I'm thinking.
For every pass I caught in a game, I caught a thousand in practice.
Love is the force that ignites the spirit and binds teams together.
Good shooters take the shots; best shooters take most of the shots.
Now, I guess, people want stars. People are trying to invent stars.
Stand up for your players. Show them you care on and off the court.
Son, looks to me like you're spending too much time on one subject.
The worst thing we can do is put the (other) team in a one-and-one.
Basketball is a game. Baseball is a religion. Baseball is American.
The day I stopped worrying about stats is the day I started winning
Encourage 'random' picks on the ball because they cannot be scouted
I don't have to hear that criticism, that idotic criticism anymore.
Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.
Remember this-I'm going to bring a championship to Miami. I promise.
People ask me if I could fly, I said, 'yeah....' for a little while.
There's only one thing we can control, and that is how hard we play.
Have a vision. Sell your program. Your team is going to reflect you.
The people who know basketball, their elevators don't go to the top.
When I'm in Miami I like to go and watch basketball, the Miami Heat.
Don't ever have a rule that you won't enforce with your best player.
When you work on getting better at something, don't do it half speed
Walking has been ridiculous in college basketball the past 15 years.
Being afraid on the court, means you're not confident of your skills
I'm a season kind of guy - not the preseason but the regular season.
I think I'm one of the patches of the quilt here, myself and Dwyane.
That's the nature of basketball. You gotta go out there and compete.
In the Western standards of modesty, there are different guidelines.
The more honor and self-respect among players, the greater the team.
Don't ever give up on ability. Don't give up on a player who has it.
Dampier is soft. Quote it, underline it, tape it and send it to him.
The Spurs couldn't put everything aside and just play the damn game.
...you can't play any defense if the other team is on the foul line.
If you're going to have to beg them to play, it's not going to work.
Nervous means you want to play. Scared means you don't want to play.
My most memorable moment came in 1985 as we beat the Boston Celtics.
I'm going to be looking to get out like Randy Moss and Terrell Owens.
What's going on in my life, I never bring it to the basketball court.
I was the bridge between the Michael Jordan era and LeBron James era.
I'm an Einstein of the streets and an Oxford scholar of common sense.
In the seven or eight years we were together, we were never together.
The only thing on my mind right now is trying to win the whole thing.
I liked football a lot, too, but basketball clearly is my first love.