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I told Zollie Volchok we needed an ultrasound machine and he asked me why we needed music in the locker room.
This is a team game and one man doesn't win and one man doesn't lose. In the end, the best team usually wins.
I grew up watching Dr. J, and I was like, 'Oh my God, this guy is the greatest basketball player I ever saw.'
I recruit hungry kids who love the game and want to get better and feel they have more questions than answers
They say that nobody is perfect. Then they tell you practice makes perfect. I wish they'd make up their minds.
Players with high character get better. Players with a serious approach get better. The fools never get better
My relationship with Northeast Ohio is bigger than basketball. I didn't realize that four years ago. I do now.
Any time Detroit scores more than 100 points and holds the other team below 100 points they almost always win.
In my first film, I was a basketball player. Like every good actor, I lied when they asked me if I could play.
See, my hope and dream is that people have a good time watching basketball. It's not church. It's not serious.
I knew Rick Pitino was going to make them play that outbreak, monkey defense. He's been doing it all his life.
Whirlyball is only the most awesome sport on the planet! It's like bumper cars plus lacrosse meets basketball.
I've been an athlete my whole life. I've played every sport, including soccer, baseball, softball, basketball.
Five players on the floor functioning as a single unit: team, team, team-no one more important than the other.
You learn from everybody. You learn from the players. You learn from great coaches. You learn from great teams
I've said it before and I'll say it again: Portland basketball fans are the best basketball fans in the world.
For years the league has thought I've been on drugs. I would have burned out a long time ago if that was true.
In planning any type of offense, when a player leaves a spot always replace him with another offensive player.
I tell you, it's funny because the only time I think about HIV is when I have to take my medicine twice a day.
A lot of coaches play percentages when it comes to me, but that's just a way of saying that you can't stop me.
I have always maintained that in basketball the importance of the mental to the physical is about four to one.
If all I'm remembered for is being a good basketball player, then I've done a bad job with the rest of my life.
Your program must have an overriding purpose which is clearly visible and which teaches lessons beyond winning.
That's how we like to play basketball, is be physical down there in the paint and force teams to the perimeter.
If a player leaves Marquette and doesn't have some of my blood in him, then I don't think I've done a good job.
Just remember, their fans think their players are supermen. We'll we're the kryptonite, and we're going to win.
A key basketball skill is imagery. The best players "see" situations before they happen so they can be prepared
Yeah, I'm excited about it, my teammates are telling me to look at the basket, so that's what I'm trying to do.
We've got very few bodies right now so we were tired, but we've also got a lot of character and we want to win.
Standing on the court and holding up that trophy - it's so great you want to keep doing it over and over again.
They're really aggressive. They're like roaches on bread - you drop some on the floor and, boom, they're on it.
The transition was difficult. It's hard to stop something that you've enjoyed and that has been very rewarding.
A player dreams of being a superstar, but he doesn't want people flocking all over him asking for an autograph.
It is wise to direct your anger towards problems - not people; to focus your energies on answers - not excuses.
The idea is not to block every shot. The idea is to make your opponent believe that you might block every shot.
These people didn't know anything about black people, so the only thing they could imagine was the worst thing.
Afterwards I said Chris Webber was going to leave as a free agent and Sacramento would go back to expansionism.
Hip-Hop itself, the culture, the way that it's going you could always see the effect that it has on basketball.
The ability to rebound is in inverse proportion to the distance your house is from the nearest railroad tracks.
The key to success is to keep growing in all areas of life - mental, emotional, spiritual, as well as physical.
Remember that basketball is a game of habits. If you make the other guy deviate from his habits, you've got him
Sometimes you will hate me because I will tell you the truth about your game. And the truth can hurt/humble you
Back then every small town had a gym, and if itseated more than 2,000 then we'd be interested in playing in it.
I found the bench to be the greatest ally when I had to make individuals comply with what was best for the team
I don't see us having a problem. It's going to be my job to manage the locker room, anyway, so it will work out.
It's my experience that people rise to the level of their own expectations and of the competition they seek out.
I've played everything - baseball, football, basketball. I can still swim a mile a day. That's why I can't walk.
Do your best when no one is looking. If you do that, then you can be successful at anything you put your mind to
There's nothing less than that. I don't care about just going to the playoffs; I've been to the playoffs before.
Effort is fully replenishable. There is no need to save any of it. Leave every bit you have on the playing field