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“Any good defensive team has a strong anchor, because he cleans up mistakes.”
“I'm always for constructive conversation, meaningful conversation, not just words, but conversation.”
“You go with what you got. That's the thing about having a system, then you plug guys into your system.”
“My brother and I used to laugh and say, 'Normal kids went to day care, and we went to the gym.'”
“During the regular season, you don't have the sort of time you do in the playoffs to prepare for people, so you've got to go to your strengths.”
“Nothing is ever perfect in the NBA.”
“Grinding is a mindset and a willingness and commitment to work at it.”
“You don't win without talent, but your talent has to have purpose.”
“We're all smart enough to figure out Xs and Os - it's basketball, it's not advanced calculus. But the most important thing is can you get your message across to players? Do they believe in you, and do they want to compete for you?”
“It's not the way you want to get a job, to see someone you admire and look up to and learned so much from get fired.”
“Every day, you learn something. That's the same as assistant coach and the same as a head coach. You should continue to learn. You watch so much basketball, you should see something somewhere from somebody different all the time.”