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This is really a slow go if it's a tear. What we do know is these are the type of injuries you've got to let heal, go slow with.
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You have to give that team some credit. Three-point shooting is not an easy task.
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We want him out there. We want their full team out there to play, so you earn what you win.
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Well, this is something I never thought could possibly happen, to be standing back again, less than one year after having been part of the dissolution of this organization and the changing of the guard, so to speak, and feeling so comfortable stepping back into this position.
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The NBA has made a real issue about really making these superstars the premium that everybody wants to go to. That's their calling card and their marketing tool. But the coaches at the other end of the sphere are trying to make everybody on the team, even nine, 10, 11, 12, just as important, and have a real role that's meaningful.
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I just think he's a very determined player and dedicated to what he's doing. He's doing a lot of letting things develop on their own.
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My first act after being named head coach of the Bulls was to formulate a vision for the team. I had to take into account not only what I wanted to achieve, but how I was going to get there.
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We have nothing to crow about, our home record has been atrocious, we've got a long ways to go before we feel we're on top.
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If you give the future all your attention, the present will pass you by.
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Basketball, unlike football with its prescribed routes, is an improvisational game, similar to jazz. If someone drops a note, someone else must step into the vacuum and drive the beat that sustains the team.
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If you have a clear mind . . . you won't have to search for direction. Direction will come to you.
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Love is the force that ignites the spirit and binds teams together.
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When he's playing well, we really have a special team. When he's not playing well, we really miss him.
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I won't coach this team next year if he is still here. He won't listen to anyone. I've had it with this kid.
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The idea when we came here was we weren't going to let this game get by us.
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Kareem met these guys at the door and he said, 'That effort wins on Wednesday (in Game 2).' He was very supportive. I think they heard that -- that if they give that kind of effort again, they can win.
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It's just about momentum. About picking up momentum. Usually there's one or two keys that go in a series and then it changes or flip-flops.
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There's still a fan core out there that's not going to let him off the hook. They're not going to give him the grace and the ability to get himself off the hook and into the fans' favor.
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Always keep an open mind and a compassionate heart.
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I think people forgot that there are still ways you can get the ball inside rather than just standing there and throwing the ball in. You have to have a system that makes all things work.
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They almost made me get up and walk out of the building in the third quarter. I almost left them alone on a sinking ship. But they got it right in time and it took another 10 minutes but they finally got it right and got going. That's what a layoff will do sometimes.
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The star of the game obviously goes to Tim Thomas.
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I'm not trying to find answers anymore. I'm trying to live what I know.
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Red and I, I think, have a mutual admiration. That's all I can say.
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