Tyronn Lue Quotes
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Things just always seem to happen and work out for me.
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The Stepover definitely made me famous. The thing with Allen Iverson is, he made me.
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I know how loyal I was to Coach Blatt, and the people that know me understand that. I have no control over what people think.
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I want to win, and I know I'm supposed to win, but I think the biggest thing for me is I have to do the best job I can do but then also enjoy it.
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If you give all your effort and all the fight and all the heart you got, it doesn't necessarily mean you're going to win, and that's what's tough about sports.
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LeBron is like a coach. He is a coach on the floor. He has a great basketball IQ.
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With me, everybody I meet always has a clean slate.
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If you win as a unit, everybody gets credit for it.
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I'm blessed just making it to the NBA. That was my first goal and dream. Playing with Kobe and Shaq and for a coach like Phil Jackson, and then going to play with guys like Jordan and Jerry Stackhouse, it's just a crazy experience.
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When you're prepared, and you do the best you can do, and you put it out there on the floor, you've just got to live with the results.
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I was just a young kid out of Mexico, Missouri, and then Kansas City, having an opportunity to play at the University of Nebraska, where I grew as a man.
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Great players, they always dig deep and have their will to win.
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I've been collecting jerseys and shoes my whole career.
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I'm always watching. I'm watching everybody. San Antonio, Houston, Golden State, Washington, Boston, I'm watching everything. And my mind is always going: it's always running, and you're always trying to get an advantage somehow.
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You can tell a guy the truth, and they might hate you for that day, but they'll come back that night and text you, like, 'You know what? You were right.' I just think if you tell guys the truth, they can respect you more.
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I don't like the media attention.
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I won coach of the year at the ESPYs, but I didn't go to ESPYs. That's not me. I don't want the attention.
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I love the game of basketball; I love coaching. The attention, being on TV, all that stuff, that's not what it's about for me.
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I've started. I've come off the bench. I've not played. I've been on the worst team in the NBA. I've won championships.
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Without basketball, I wouldn't be me. I don't know where I would be at.
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I have a job to do, and I'm going to do my best.
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I like cars and houses. I have three houses - in Atlanta, in Kansas City and Houston.
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I always get mad when guys make shots in the first quarter, second quarter, pumping their chest, and then the game on the line, they miss. So you're doing all that for no reason.
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My job as the associate head coach was to make sure the head coach has everything he needs. That's my job. Whatever he needs me to do and whatever I see fit to do to help the team win.