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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Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.
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Show me a good and gracious loser, and I'll show you a failure.
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The main ingredient of stardom is the rest of the team.
