"You can't teach court savvy"
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"There is a point in every contest when sitting on the sidelines is not an option."
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"Over coaching is the worst thing you can do to a player."
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"The most important thing in good leadership is truly caring."
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"Given the fact that we are in a capitalist society, we still do not want to overlook not only what a corporation produces and its profitability but also how it impacts the environment, touches human life and whether it protects or undermines the dignity of the human person."
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"The best way to stop the problem of agents would be for the NCAA to come down hard and suspend a school for two years if it finds players with agents on campus."
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"I've always believed in quickness over strength and size."
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"The most important thing is team morale."
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"Everyone on the bench stands for the man coming out of the game."
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"As soon as you try to describe a close friendship, it loses something."
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"The flash of rain, the shining rainbow riding completely around the plane, the lift over mountain ridges, the steady, pure air at dawn take-offs. ... It was so alive and rich a life that any other conceivable choice seemed dull, prosaic, and humdrum."
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"The key statistic is still to get to the foul line."
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"You should just do the right thing."
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"If you treat every situation as a life and death matter, you'll die a lot of times."
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"Basketball, more than any other sport, is a team game...about the thousands of small, unselfish acts, the sacrifices on the part of the players that result in team building."
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"Praise behaviour that you want repeated"
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"I know a lawyer who'd love to retire and be an assistant coach. I mean, it's fun."
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"Motor cut. Forced landing. Hit cow. Cow died. Scared me."
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"Any old coach will say the game was meant for finesse. It's a beautiful game, especially on television."
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"The best way to build team chemistry is the way Rupp used to substitute, when they fouled out."
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