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I don't believe in looking past anybody - I wouldn't look past the Little Sisters of the Poor after they stayed up all night.

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I just can't recruit where there's grass around. You gotta have a concrete lawn before I feel comfortable enough to go in and talk to you parents.

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Live every day as if it were Saturday night.

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If winning weren't important nobody would keep score.

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There's no one who's dropped on top of the mountain. You've got to work your way to the top.

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If the waitress has dirty ankles, the chili is good.

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If you're straight with your players, they'll be straight with you.

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It's so ridiculous to see a golfer with a one foot putt and everybody is saying "Shhh" and not moving a muscle. Then we allow nineteen year-old kids to face a game-deciding free throw with seventeen thousand people yelling.

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When I'm losing, they call me nuts. When I'm winning, they call me eccentric.

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I think everyone should go to college and get a degree and then spend six months as a bartender and six months as a cabdriver. Then they would really be educated.

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When I was losing, they called me nuts. When I was winning they called me eccentric.

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You can always tell the Catholic schools by the length of the cheerleaders' skirts.

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All love affairs end. Eventually the girl is gonna put curlers in her hair.

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I believe in a business boarding up early. If you make a mistake, you put the boards in the window of the store and say, "Hey, I made a mistake." Let me take two shots in the arm and a punch on the nose and let me get on to the next thing. I don't believe in worrying over failures. I worry about successes. This is opposite from most people. Most people zero in on their failures. I try to keep all my attention on a pyramid type philosophy rather than the averaging-down philosophy.

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Butch, you come from DeWitt Clinton. There are five thousand brothers in that school. You're the best there. You've been all-city two years in a row. How bad can you be? You come with me and we'll make nice music.

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I don't know why people question the academic training of an athlete. Fifty percent of the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their classes.

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When a guy takes off his coat, he's not going to fight. When a guy takes off his wristwatch, watch out!

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I want my team to have my personality: surly, obnoxious, and arrogant.

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I had my moment on the stage. The trick in life is to know when to leave.

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Keep it simple, when you get too complex you forget the obvious.

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