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"We don't need no more rappers, we don't need no more basketball players, no more football players. We need more thinkers. We need more scientists. We need more managers. We need more mathematicians. We need more teachers. We need more people who care; you know what I'm saying? We need more women, mothers, fathers, we need more of that, we don't need any more entertainers"
"On females officiating in the NBA -Incompetence should not be confined to one sex."
"The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing."
"I play to win, whether during practice or a real game."
"The game is my wife. It demands loyalty and responsibility, and it gives me back fulfillment and peace."
"My parents are my backbone. Still are. They're the only group that will support you if you score zero or you score 40."
"Everyone looks at your watch and it represents who you are, your values and your personal style."
"I enjoy basketball. I enjoy coaching basketball. It's the out-of-season stuff I didn't handle well."
"I think the real free person in society is one that's disciplined. It's the one that can choose; that is the free one."
"Every night on the court I give my all, and if I'm not giving 100 percent, I criticize myself."
"I heave the basketball; I know it sails in a parabola, exhibiting perfect symmetry, which is interrupted by the basket. It's funny, but it is always interrupted by the basket."
"I'll never give up on a player regardless of his ability as long as he never gives up on himself. In time he will develop."
"My relationship with Northeast Ohio is bigger than basketball. I didn't realize that four years ago. I do now."
"If you are confident you have done everything possible to prepare yourself, then there is nothing to fear."
"There is no 'i' in team but there is in win."
"Whether it's boxing, basketball, or badminton, one must be ready to succeed before entering the arena...long before the lights come up."
"You always have to be on edge. You always have to take every practice, every game, like it is your last."
"I have warned many times about the guaranteed dangers of betting with your heart instead of your head - big darkness, soon come - but every once in a while you get a fair chance to have it both ways, and the annual NCAA basketball Tournament is one of them."
"Each moment of my life I was dreaming of how great I could be, and continued working hard. Each time I closed my eyes I could see me shining bright like a sun."
"Over coaching is the worst thing you can do to a player."
