A biography for Dwane Caseyhasn’t been written yet.
“From a pure basketball standpoint, it's hard to say you wouldn't want Kawhi Leonard on your team.”
“I go to bat with people that are loyal to me.”
“For someone to believe in you, that's all you want as a player and as a coach.”
“We were poor and lived modestly, but we always had food on the table.”
“We don't want to keep talking about 'potential.' That word is the most dangerous word in professional sports.”
“I tried to listen to way too many voices in my first stint as a head coach. The second time around, I know what I want and how I want to do it.”
“To me, there's no honor to say, 'I'm going to start.' As long as you're getting minutes, you're closing games, that shows more of the value to the team than to say you're a starter.”
“I can hold my head high for what we built in Toronto.”
“I'm not a big car person. I'm not into lots of fancy things.”
“Make or miss, you still have to shoot the same shot with confidence.”
“KeyArena was rocking, loud. The Finals in '96, I thought that was loud.”
“To go from the middle to the top is one of the most difficult things you can do in sports.”
“I've seen Canada grow on so many different levels when it comes to basketball. The women's game is huge, so why not have a WNBA team here?”
“The unwritten rule in college basketball is the black assistant goes and gets the black players. Don't worry about the X's and O's. Just recruit.”
“Players want to get better with their skill set and 3-point shooting, ballhandling, their bodies, whatever it is, but everything starts with a sense of urgency.”
“I have a favorite poem. From Rudyard Kipling. It's called 'L'Envoi.'”
“When I first became a head coach in Toronto, I was more of a dictator, wanted to do everything, all the development, defense, offense, whatever it was.”
“Help me help you help yourself is kind of the motto I have.”
“There's no disrespect in playing in the G League.”
“Watching a guy go from not having ever played an NBA game before to growing up and developing into an All-Star player, that's probably the most rewarding thing that you can do as a coach.”