Championship Quotes
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This is a very tough and important championship. It's a great accomplishment to have won it.
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You only go to Tennessee if you're a great player and want to compete at the highest level and want to get pushed. There's a certain kind of mentality that's there. This is a different kind of mindset that's been really important at the championship level.
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Personally I just want to win a championship.
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It's a matter of when my leg is ready. We're talking about 16 games we've got to win (en route to the NBA championship), and I want to make the right decision. As we progress, I want to be 100 percent instead of 75 percent or 65 percent.
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Right now, our offense is really putting everyone else on its back and carrying us. There's going to be a time when the pitching is going to put everybody on its back and carry us. I just think it's important to note that for us to win a championship, everything has to be going in the right direction. I think that's right around the corner.
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I had to persevere because this was my life. This championship, this was the stuff I dreamt of all my life, and I wasn't gonna be denied.
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It was an unusual environment. We're used to having the jotter arena at this time of year. It's unfortunate that it was that way, but both teams had to deal with it.
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They have one of the blue chip coaches in America. Somehow, I think Tom will have his guys competing for a Big Ten Championship again.
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It's still fresh in my mind. It wasn't that long ago that we were playing for a championship in 2000. It was an exciting event, an exciting time. For us to play on a stage like that, it was definitely a dream come true. It felt like we belonged there.
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It's different as a coach because you feel responsible for a lot of people. Even though you don't take a shot, you don't get a rebound, you feel like you just want people to succeed and you want to help them any way you can.
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“We can’t make mistakes if we want to win the championship.”
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Jimmie and I have never been more committed to each other, to the team and to winning a championship than we are right now.
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People think I would never take on a team that has no legitimate chance to win a championship, This is one of the major misconceptions about me. Success can be measured in many different ways. . . . Either way, I would find the challenge invigorating.
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Of course, success is a relative term. It can be something completely different from winning the German championship eight times or making millions.
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The 1984 European Championships were held in France and that was something important. I felt on form then, even though I was practically always injured at all the World Cups. It's a great memory. But in any case, the past is past.
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That’s a different story. The domestic championship is one thing, the UEFA Champions League is another, but this win surely boosts our confidence to achieve something good against Panathinaikos
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Sports are not about awards or world championships, though those are great. They're about the relationships we have with each other.
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I'm not saying we've got a hold on it, but I feel like we can win this championship if we don't mess up. That's going to be the key.
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There's only one thing I still haven't done and that's win (the championship). That's the only thing I want now.
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I tell them the same things I told them before, bring a championship to Miami.
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Every punch I threw with bad intentions to a vital area...I aimed for his ear...I wanted to bust his eardrum...Every punch had bad intentions...My record will last for immortality, It'll never be broken...I want to live forever...I refuse to lose...I would have to be carried out dead to lose...I was coming to destroy and win the Heavyweight Championship of the World, which I done.
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I thought it was vindictive. I don't like to see it because he's one of the guys that we nurtured here. He was contributing to us a lot in the championship (run) two years ago.
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They played exquisite basketball in this series and in particular these last three games. They are the better team. There is no other way to say it. They played great basketball, and we couldn't respond to it.
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Our staff had an unbelievable effort. We searched under every rock out there and found some real good players late. We went against some really good schools and we didn't shy away. We competed and had some great battles. We took some hits and we won some. The players coming in really feel like they're joining a program that has a chance to go to a BCS bowl and win a national championship.
