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Don't call me son unless you're going to include me in your will. (When Adolph Rupp called him, "Son.")

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The nicest thing about coaching is that one day you feel like you can play handball against a curb, and on other days you feel like you can fly to the moon.

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We rush for the stars as we crawl toward our graves.

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I believe that good defense embodies seven cardinal principle: reduce the number of your opponent's shots; force your opponent into low percentage shots; control everything within 18 feet; eliminate second shots; no easy baskets; point the ball on all long shots; and prevent the ball from going into the pivot man.

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

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The people who know basketball, their elevators don't go to the top.

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The next time I will cry is when I die. My life has been that beautiful.

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God didn't miss any of us.

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The occasion is piled high with difficulty. We must rise to the occasion.

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You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.

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Life is what you allow yourself not to see.

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

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If you want it you must obtain it by great labor.

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

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You'll never get ahead of anyone as long as you try to get even with him.

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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 let ballplayers yell back at me because I wasn't trying to prove I'm boss. I know I'm boss.

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There are some remarkable parallels between basketball and politics. Michael Jordan has already mastered the skill most needed for political success: how to stay aloft without visible means of support.

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Nobody's cooler than my two girls. They just seem to take whatever comes with, you know - happiness and - steadiness. And they're loving school. They're making friends... and - they've already joined some clubs. And Sasha, you know - I think maybe to endear - myself to her, she - she decided she wanted to join a basketball team. So - what more could I want?

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I love the flow of the game. There’s a certain fluidity to basketball. I don’t enjoy watching baseball or football in the same way.

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