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The next time I will cry is when I die. My life has been that beautiful.

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It always amazes me that spectators want to coach, coaches want to officiate, and officials just want to watch the game

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I'm not saying that they were Einsteins; they were marginal students. But every ballplayer whoever touched me has moved up his station in life. And the players moved up my station.

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Don't call me son unless you're going to include me in your will. (When Adolph Rupp called him, "Son.")

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If you want it you must obtain it by great labor.

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My rule was I wouldn't recruit a kid if he had grass in front of his house. That's not my world. My world has a cracked sidewalk.

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You're never as good as everyone tells you when you win, and you're never as bad as they say when you lose.

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Make your life exciting. Do what you have to do as long as you don't hurt people.

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I love the flow of the game. There’s a certain fluidity to basketball. I don’t enjoy watching baseball or football in the same way.

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He who controlleth the backboard, controlleth the game.

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The game of business used to be like football: size mattered. Then it changed to basketball: speed and agility. Today, business is more like chess. Customer priorities change continually, and the signals given by these changes are vital clues to the next cycle of growth.

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Dean Meminger was quicker than 11:15 Mass at a seaside resort.

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If a Coach is determined to stay in the coaching profession, he will develop from year to year. This much is true, no coach has a monopoly on the knowledge of basketball. There are no secrets in the game. The only secrets, if there are any, are good teaching of sound fundamentals, intelligent handling of men, a sound system of play, and the ability to instill in the boys a desire to win.

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We rush for the stars as we crawl toward our graves.

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Can't win without talent, you know.

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Life is what you allow yourself not to see.

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I come from New York where, if you fall down, someone will pick you up by your wallet.

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It's a profession in which, the longer you stay, the closer you are to being fired.

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I let ballplayers yell back at me because I wasn't trying to prove I'm boss. I know I'm boss.

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I don't discuss basketball. I dictate basketball. I'm not interested in philosophy classes.

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