"Really, throughout my career, what I've done is taken teams with bad records and with every situation I've made them better."
"You have a lot of ups and downs in coaching, especially, but I can't remember any bad times at this point. I mean, they're all good. A lot of tears when you lose, a lot of down times, but I can't remember any of them. They're all positive now. Even the bad times were good."
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Source: Nelson: 'Luckiest guy in the world'. Interview with Marc Stein, www.espn.com. September 6, 2012.
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