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A champion needs a motivation above and beyond winning.

All I did from day-to-day is coach. That's what my job was, that's what my passion was, and the fact that now it's something I'm being considered for is just mind-blowing to me, that I would ever be in that kind of company.

All of us have at least one great voice deep inside.

All of us have at least one great voice deep inside. People are products of their environment. A lucky few are born into situations in which positive messages abound. Others grow up hearing messages of fear and failure, which they must block out so the positive can be heard. But the positive and courageous voice will always emerge, somewhere, sometime, for all of us. Listen for it, and your breakthroughs will come.

Any team can be a miracle team. The catch is that you have got to go out and work for your miracles. Effort is what ultimately separates great teams from ordinary teams.

Anytime you stop striving to get better, you're bound to get worse.

A particular shot or way of moving the ball can be a player's personal signature, but efficiency of performance is what wins the game for the team.

Basketball is a business. Pure and simple. If you want to have fun, go to the YMCA.

Basketball is a game of conditioning and fatigue. That's why I believe in practicing a team to train when it's exhausted.

Being a part of success is more important than being personally indispensable.

Being ready isn't enough; you have to be prepared for a promotion or any other significant change.

Coaches who let a championship team back off from becoming a dynasty are cowards.

Commitment to the team - there is no such thing as in-between, you are either in our out.

Complacency is the last hurdle standing between any team and its potential greatness.

Discipline is not a nasty word.

Don't let other people tell you what you want.

Each Warrior wants to leave the mark of his will, his signature, on important acts he touches. This is not the voice of ego but of the human spirit, rising up and declaring that it has something to contribute to the solution of the hardest problems, no matter how vexing!

Excellence happens when you try each day to both do and be, a little better than you were yesterday!

Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better.

From nobody to upstart. From upstart to contender. From contender to winner. From winner to champion. From champion to Dynasty.

Giving yourself permission to lose guarantees a loss.

Great effort springs naturally from great attitude.

Great players and great teams want to be driven. They want to be pushed to the edge. They don't want to be cheated. Ordinary players and average teams want it to be easy

Great players crave instruction on their weaknesses.

Great teamwork is the only way we create the breakthroughs that define our careers.

He's the greatest clutch player I've ever seen. The hell with Jerry West!

I'd like my reputation to stay as it is and to be remembered for a wonderful decade.

If you get tough mentally, you can get tough physically and overcome fatigue.

If you have a positive attitude and constantly strive to give your best effort, eventually you will overcome your immediate problems and find you are ready for greater challenges.

In all the research you do as a coach, studying other coaches and championship-type situations, you find that all those teams combined talent with great defense. You've got to stop other teams to win.

In every contest, there comes a moment that separates winning from losing. The true warrior understands and seizes that moment.

It's a reality we have to understand. (O'Neal) has to be more diligent. We have to be more diligent protecting him. We need him in the game.

It's what you get from games you lose that is extremely important.

I've learned to keep things simple. Look at your choices, pick the best one, then go to work with all your heart.

Look for your choices, pick the best one, then go with it.

Management must speak with one voice. When it doesn't management itself becomes a peripheral opponent to the team's mission.

Never be ready to play yesterday. Being ready to play today is what's important

No rebounds, no rings.

People who create 20% of the results will begin believing they deserve 80% of the rewards.

Public life is regarded as the crown of a career, and to young men it is the worthiest ambition. Politics is still the greatest and the most honorable adventure.

Shoulda, coulda, and woulda won't get it done. In attacking adversity, only a positive attitude, alertness, and regrouping to basics can launch a comeback.

Shoulda, coulda, and woulda won't get it done.

Show the world how much you'll fight for the winners circle.

Teamwork requires that everyone's efforts flow in a single direction. Feelings of significance happen when a team's energy takes on a life of its own.

The key to teamwork is to learn a role, accept a role, and strive to become excellent playing it.

The most DIFFICULT thing for individuals to do when they become part of a team is to sacrifice, it is much EASIER to be selfish.

There are only two options regarding commitment; you’re either in or you’re out.

There can only be one state of mind as you approach any profound test; total concentration, a spirit of togetherness, and strength.

There is no such thing as life in-between.

There's always the motivation of wanting to win. Everybody has that. But a champion needs, in his attitude, a motivation above and beyond winning.