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In the game of basketball, I play first off because I love it. I love to have fun. I love to run up and down the court.
Winning is important to me, but what brings me real joy is the experience of being fully engaged in whatever I'm doing.
It's over now. He said what he had to say, I said what I had to say. Don't play with me. Seriously, don't play with me.
Most lay-ups and two foot jump shots around the goal are missed by not putting the ball up high enough on the backboard
We're still getting better as a team. We're still learning how to play basketball as a team and how to win tough games.
What distinguishes a great player is his presence. When he goes on to the court, his presence dominates the atmosphere.
My family was poor, my father drove a cab for a living, but we felt normal because everybody else was in the same boat.
I think we're all pros. If we go out there and just play basketball the right way, everything is gonna work itself out.
If your bigs rim run at full speed it not only increases the potential for a quick layup, but opens up court for guards
You want to do Olympics just like you do a pro football game or a basketball game? Be my guest. Watch it all fade away.
It's not about any one person. You've got to get over yourself and realize that it takes a group to get this thing done
I have learned that peace is not the absence of trial, trouble, or torment but the presence of calm in the midst of them
If you make every game a life and death proposition, you're going to have problems. For one thing, you'll be dead a lot.
I make the game easy. Double and triple me, I'll kick it out to you for a wide-open shot. I'll add years to your career.
When I was a kid, I was always an athlete. I played a lot of sports. I played football, basketball, baseball and soccer.
A team is a group of players who support one another on court and who think of the group before they think of themselves
It's cool to challenge myself to learn new things as opposed to going to play basketball in the park for millionth time.
Practice gotta be harder than the games and it never is unless you want it to be as a player. The coach can't drive that
Sports like baseball, basketball, and hockey develop muscles. That's why Americans have the strongest eyes in the world.
I played basketball and baseball up until college, yea. Then I lost my discipline and started chasing girls and whatnot.
We have the mentality of the hunter. We want to be the most enthusiastic team in the country. That's what we can control
When I was young, I didn't watch basketball, but I watched 'Space Jam' with Michael Jordan so he was my favorite player.
I don't put pressure on myself. When I put pressure on myself, then I just play bad. When I play bad, my team plays bad.
My teammates know I'm down to earth. I'll joke with them. But when it comes to basketball, I try to be serious about it.
I never wanted to leave Cleveland. My heart will always be in that area - in a perfect world I would have loved to stay.
As far as carrying the torch for the years to come, I don't know. I just want to be the best basketball player I can be.
Although I wanted my players to work to win, I tried to convince them they had always won when they had done their best.
It's not about the number of hours you practice, it's about the number of hours your mind is present during the practice
I run in the morning, lift weights in the afternoon, basketball training at night, and then lift weights again at night.
I don't take anything personal. I just have a certain file in my head, so Earthlings must be careful with what they say.
I think no one has written a history of the great coaches who were around 30 to 40 years ago who taught the fundamentals.
If you've got a Corvette that runs into a brick wall, you know what's going to happen. He's a Corvette. I'm a brick wall.
I will have no problem coming to practice on time. The locker room is great, but we have to prove ourselves on the court.
There's not going to be a whole lot of change, to be honest with you. I don't think there's a reason to fix what's broke.
The most important key to achieving great success is to decide upon your goal and launch, get started, take action, move.
I am reaching a point in my life where the basketball chapter in my life is slowly closing from a competition standpoint.
Since I suffered the injury on company time, why shouldn't I also be able to get surgery and do recovery on company time?
I remember playing in a tournament when at home we didn't have light, because my mom spent her last money on my sneakers.
I don't believe in statistics. There are too many factors that can't be measured. You can't measure a ballplayer's heart.
You don't win games as a coach during games. You win games as a coach before games. Players win during games, not coaches
What is there about basketball that makes Larry Bird or Lenny Wilkens want to coach after their playing careers are done?
I was taught by teachers, and if it's one thing I have it's a basketball mind and I try to pass it on and pay it forward.
When I was a kid, no one would believe anything positive that you could say about black people. That's a terrible burden.
Given a full summer to practice basketball, and especially my jump shot, I know that I could play in the NBA and do well.
You can easily separate 'team guys' from 'me guys' by how they accept coaching. The guys that accept it are about winning
Where I'm from, Bastrop, Louisiana, you played football, basketball, and baseball; you ran track - and that was about it.
My dad taught me that you have to work hard for anything you want in life, and I wanted to be good at playing basketball.
I like the nucleus that we have. I'm excited. I want to be here as long as possible. It's like family. I love being here.
As a basketball fan, I get sick and tired of people talking about numbers. To me, the world is getting too materialistic.
It's discouraging to make a mistake, but it's humiliating when you find out you're so unimportant that nobody noticed it.