“If you play good attack, you win the game, but, if you play good defence you win championships” -- Zeljko Obradovic
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“You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.”
“Millions of guys play millions of basketball games every day of the week at the playground or the YMCA. But LeBron James gets $20 million a year because he can jam on all of those guys. We're always going to want to see LeBron and Kobe go at it.”
“I believe that good defense embodies seven cardinal principle: reduce the number of your opponent's shots; force your opponent into low percentage shots; control everything within 18 feet; eliminate second shots; no easy baskets; point the ball on all long shots; and prevent the ball from going into the pivot man.”
“One reason outfielders don't have stronger arms might be they don't practice as much as we did. Most teams today don't take outfield practice. Another reason is baseball has to compete with other sports now - basketball, football, soccer - for the better athletes that might have more skills and stronger arms.”
“Winning Democracy for the Negro is winning the war for Democracy”
“You can't turn the ball over and expect to win.”
“The thing you realize as you get older and you play, that you don't really understand when you're a backup the first few offseasons, how important that mental rest is. It's a grind physically during the season, dealing with the hits and the physical pain that goes with playing in this game. But mentally it's probably more taxing, so you need that ability to find that escape.”
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“Thankfully we had a big drive there in the fourth quarter after the fumble to put us up 11, and then the big drive to finish the game.”
“The pressure I put on myself is the only pressure I'm feeling once I get into the game.”
“You're a trivial part in a trivia game. Now what's your aim? A presidential campaign? Like Ross Perot? He lost it though... But he got a billion in tha bank fo' sho'!”
David Blatt Basketball Coach
Toni Kukoc Basketball player
