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“When you're desperate, it's good on defense because your hair should be on fire, but it's bad on offense.”
“She really taught me a lot about how to believe in myself without being cocky. That's a tough thing to do sometimes. But my mom had it down pat.”
“I had always wanted to see Europe, and what better way to see it than to spend a year there playing basketball?”
“I think coaching Steve Nash is easy no matter if it's a good or bad start.”
“I can't just say I wanna take a Hall of Fame point guard and make him into something else.”
“Kobe woks harder than anybody I've seen.”
“I'm going to do everything I can do to win a championship.”
“I've got a motto. When the posse's chasing you out of town, you just act like you're the head of a parade.”
“When his football and baseball careers ended, my dad became an accomplished marbles player. Then dad got really good at pitching horseshoes. And to show you how athletic our bloodlines really were, my mom was a wonderful tennis player.”
“I think we'll get to the point where every 5 can shoot threes. I think we'll get to the point where a lot of people can handle the ball and fastbreak and bring it up.”
“I don't know of anybody not trying on offense when they're upset.”
“You talk about winning championships, well championships are won by 12 guys, the organization, being in the right spot at the right time.”
“I know every coach is trying to do the best for his team and trying to win.”
“You don't have to love each other. I've been on a lot of championship teams in Europe where there's edges and we don't go out to dinner every night.”
“I don't want to go with conventional thinking.”
“James Harden has been and is one of the top players in the league, and he's been that way. He can defend, he's strong, and offensively, he might be the best in the league.”
“Kobe is a unique individual and he is very headstrong.”
“You don't get many second chances in life.”
“There's always things we could have done better, and it's easier with hindsight.”
“We believe in public education. We think it's important in our country to have it and for us to support it.”