"Use different basketball offensive alignments to cause confusion for the other team."
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". . . a jostling scrum of office buildings so mediocre that the only way you ever remember them is by the frustration they induce - like a basketball team standing shoulder to shoulder between you and the Mona Lisa."
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"Mama wanted me to be a preacher. I told her coachin' and preachin' were a lot alike."
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"Whether it's college or WNBA, its basketball and the more you play the less you need to adjust."
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"The tragedy is women of color have made more progress in basketball than they have in broadcasting."
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"Basketball has always and will always come first to me but it's also given me the chance to do really fun things and work with really fun people and its something I'm lucky to have."
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"If that many people recognize how hard I go every night and what I put into my game, to make myself and my team better, it means a lot to mean. I'm fortunate; I'm blessed to be in the situation that I'm in right now."
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"As we develop new beliefs about who we are, our behavior will change to support the new identity."
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"Michael Jordan changed so much in basketball, he took his power to make a difference. It's so much going on in music right now and somebody has to make a difference."
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"I was actually supposed to be a basketball player, not an actress. My parents had me playing basketball on competitive teams when I was in kindergarten. Even though my heart belongs to the arts, I'm a tomboy at heart, too."
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"I don't really want to go into my problems with the team at the time except to say that no one's ever had to pay me to play basketball."
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"Leaders must learn to discipline their disappointments. It's not what happens to us, it is what we choose to do about what happens that makes the difference in how our lives turn out."
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"If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them"
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"My fellow Wilmington, North Carolina native Meadowlark Lemon is a true national treasure. I watched him play for the Harlem Globetrotters when I was growing up and his skill with the basketball and dedication to the game were an inspiration not only to me, but to kids all around the world."
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"I'm playing against great players, playing against the best in the world. The competition-that's what I've always wanted."
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"I'm chasing perfection."
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"If there is one thing that has helped me as a coach, it's my ability to recognize winners, or good people who can become winners by paying the price."
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"People who are in it for their own good are individualists. They don't share the same heartbeat that makes a team so great. A great unit, whether it be football or any organization, shares the same heartbeat."
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"I've always believed in quickness over strength and size."
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"The only important statistic is the final score."
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