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

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When a guy takes off his coat, he's not going to fight. When a guy takes off his wristwatch, watch out!

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My rule was I wouldn't recruit a kid if he had grass in front of his house. That's not my world. My world has a cracked sidewalk.

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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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Don't be just another guy going down the street and going nowhere.

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I don't think any decent human being enjoys recruiting.

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I want my team to have my personality: surly, obnoxious, and arrogant.

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Butch, you come from DeWitt Clinton. There are five thousand brothers in that school. You're the best there. You've been all-city two years in a row. How bad can you be? You come with me and we'll make nice music.

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The world is run by C students

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On how to make the game more exciting - Eliminate the referees, raise the basket four feet, double the size of the basketball, limit the height of the players to 5 feet 9 inches, bring back the centre jump, allow taxi drivers in for free and allow the players to carry guns.

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It's a profession in which, the longer you stay, the closer you are to being fired.

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The best thing about freshmen is that they become sophomores.

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

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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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You measure a player from the head up.

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Help one kid at a time. He'll maybe go back and help a few more.

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I had my moment on the stage. The trick in life is to know when to leave.

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

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I tell the players that they can't relive any day in their lives and that they can't relive the minutes of a game, so they should make a great effort, a Mount Everest type effort, to live up to their potential. Success is a communal type thing, and if we win, then everyone can be considered successful and we can move uptown together.

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