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.
Even when there are adverse circumstances, I try to do my job. And I usually do.
Tim Thomas is about excuses. It's always somebody else's fault. He said I was jealous? He should thank me for helping him get that contract. He said I didn't show? They traded me, they traded Ray, they traded Big Dog [Robinson] and Tim Thomas still wasn't the man on that team. Michael Redd became the man there. I think I'm doing quite well for myself here. Right now, he needs to focus on his game. Right now, he's not a good basketball player. And I like Tim Thomas. He just has too many damn excuses.
Wisdom is always an overmatch for strength.
If they think we've got an edge, we've got an edge.
To be great we need to win games we aren't supposed to win.
I love Oklahoma. The fans have been with me every night. What more can you ask for?
I'm just going to play whatever game is in front of me.
If you go around the league, anybody with the last name 'vich' is a great shooter. Radmanovic, Vujacic. . . all those 'iches.
I'm just trying to keep myself in basketball shape and take care of my body while I can.
I don't have to wait until the next morning to regret something I did that was kinda dumb.
Bill Clinton did midnight basketball. He is not looked at by this current generation of Democrats as anywhere near the hero he was back in the nineties.
Sport is the best means of communication between people from different religions and countries.
I've got to play free agency out, and I've got to look at all of my options.
Your mind is what makes everything else work.
There were butterflies, otherwise, you're not really ready to play. The locker room, I remember, was quiet and we were very focused on playing that game.
It's cool to challenge myself to learn new things as opposed to going to play basketball in the park for millionth time.
Fundamental preparation is always effective. Work on those parts of your game that are fundamentally weak.
I probably should've listened to Michael a year ago when he said that Charles will never win a championship because he doesn't show any dedication.
Just celebrate the life you had, not the life you could've had.