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- College
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- Nov 07, 2020
The majority of the Big Ten towns are college towns. The colleges are kind of what run the towns.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a Christian first. I'm a family guy second. As much as I like coaching, as much as I like basketball, it's third, fourth, or fifth down the line.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Fans will come if you have a good product.
- High
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up in Indiana. My first four years of elementary were in the gym where Coach Wooden went to high school.
- Past
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's been an unbelievable thing for me to walk Bruin Walk and walk past Coach Wooden's statue, a guy that when I was in elementary school, it's Coach Wooden winning his final championship, his 10th in 12 years.
- Dreams
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never in my wildest dreams thought I would get even one play at Indiana, let alone 25 years later, walk Bruin Walk, walk UCLA where Coach Wooden built his legacy.
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've said all along it's a humbling experience being at UCLA. Extremely proud, extremely blessed to be at an institution with all this tradition.
- Food
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everything that UCLA stands for, it's top of the food chain. So you either look at those things as burdens or you look at them as blessings. From day one, I've told my staff we're going to look at it as a blessing and do everything we can to build champions.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I got to work for some great administrators at great institutions, and I had an opportunity to coach great players. Iowa is no different.
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was a freshman and sophomore, I got booed every time I was put in the game. Then, in my junior and senior years, my dad got booed every time he took me out.
- Mistakes
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- Nov 07, 2020
Christian, non-Christian, we're going to miss the mark. We're going to make mistakes. How you handle those mistakes and get more fundamentally sound spiritually in dealing with those mistakes I think have a direct impact - not only on your spiritual life, but those around you.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's all about persevering. You know you're going to be tested. If you keep your eyes fixed on Christ, He's going to reward you.
- Forgotten
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sometimes it's forgotten that players are coming to college to get a degree.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
A freshman has only about 25% of his degree completed. They go off to play professional basketball, and to assume they will come back and get the degree done five, six, seven years later, I don't see that happening.
- Kobe
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are very few LeBron James and Kobe Bryants.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are certain people in our business that you don't replace - Bob Knight, Dean Smith, Mike Krzyzyewski, and you don't replace John Wooden, either.
- Business
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't know anything about the hotel business.
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
That first group of Manchester players allowed me to enjoy coaching at a very young age that motivated me to do it. If it wasn't good, I might have made a career change.
- Mess
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the things you don't usually mess with is happy.
- Knight
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Olympics is nothing I ever dreamed about. I dreamed about playing for Coach Knight and Indiana.
- Make
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never dreamed I would coach at UCLA. It was not one of those things in my coaching career I thought would happen. It's a tremendous blessing, and I'm going to make the most of it.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
I just go back to my roots. I was literally born 26 miles from Martinsville High School where Coach Wooden grew up, and then my dad coached there for four years.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
The two places that I had most imprinted in my mind and in my memory were UCLA and Indiana. To play at one and coach at the other is unbelievable.
- Feet
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- Nov 07, 2020
Jabari Parker is one of the best, if not the best, I've seen on tape. He's so hard to guard. You've got to guard from 23 feet. He can shoot it, or he can go one-on-one from there. He can post. He's so fast and long.
- Nov 07, 2020
You control what you do offensively, defensively. You're controlling who you play, how you want to play.
- Different View
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- Nov 07, 2020