If my primary purpose here at Indiana is to go out and win ballgames, I can probably do that as well as anybody can. I would just cheat, get some money from alot of people around Indianapolis who want to run the operation that way, and just go out and get the best basketball players I can. Then we'd beat everybody.
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You can't win if you don't play as a unit.
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I can do something else besides stuff a ball through a hoop. My biggest resource is my mind.
I can do something else besides stuff a ball through a hoop. My biggest resource is my mind.
The only difference between a good shot and a bad shot is if it goes in or not.
The only difference between a good shot and a bad shot is if it goes in or not.
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The game is my life. It demands loyalty and responsibility, and it gives me back fulfillment and peace.
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Basketball is like war in that offensive weapons are developed first, and it always takes a while for the defense to catch up.
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The key is not the "will to win" . . . everybody has that. It is the will to prepare to win that is important.
