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"When I was younger, I'd get very empirical with myself. "I have a hypothesis about myself. I'll put myself in a situation, see what happens, then I'll draw a conclusion based on the empirical evidence. Hypothesis: I can play basketball." So I'd try. "Conclusion: I cannot play basketball.""
"I felt I was good in basketball but I wasn't a blue-chip prospect."
"I miss basketball every now and then."
"I'm not going to lie; listen, I'm nice at basketball."
"I am very excited to be the head women's basketball coach at Beloit College, ... This is a great opportunity for me. I am looking forward to putting my stamp on the program. I am confident that I can and will be successful here."
"I've always been like that. I was a tomboy when I was a kid, so I was always playing baseball and basketball and football and stuff as a kid with the boys."
"If you told me two years I would miss the greatest basketball game ever to hang out with Nathan Lane, I'd say, 'You're crazy!'"
"You'd got a baseball game, or a football game, basketball game, "USA! USA! USA!" Hey, calm down! Got a little German on it, don't you think?"
"President Obama filled in as the coach of his daughter Sasha's basketball team. Sasha evidently listened to her Dad, because all she did was drive straight down the center and piss everyone off."
"Selecting the right college to attend is an investment into a young man or woman's future, it's not just about basketball."
"It seemed like we were losing every night for a different reason. Now we're winning a different way every time. It's a great feeling."
"I followed Taylor everywhere. I was always trying to catch up after him or go with him."
"This has been a dream for me."
"There's a disposition great defenders have - a genuine pride that scores are a problem, people that score on me is a problem"
"Unlike last year, we're not just happy to be here in the Finals"
"The fact is that everybody around a college basketball game - the coaches, the announcers, even the referees at a lower level - calculates when the game is really over. They calculate it with intuition and guesswork."
"I don't care. I feel like if we don't make a trade, we have to get it done with what we've got."
"I'm going to always be a Sixer til I die."
"I am the MVP and I gotta worry about the trade talk."
"I've been in Philadelphia 10 years, man. I knew it was going to be a challenge, mentally. I always thought life would come to an end if I ever left Philadelphia. And I feel like a newborn. Being in Denver it's just a better situation for me. And I'm just happy that I feel like I got an opportunity where I can win basketball games here."
