Doug Collins quotes

Doug Collins quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“Any time Detroit scores more than 100 points and holds the other team below 100 points they almost always win.”
-- Doug Collins

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“Don't ever have a rule that you won't enforce with your best player.”
-- Doug Collins

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“To change a team you must change their comfort zone.”
-- Doug Collins

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“I was taught by teachers, and if it's one thing I have it's a basketball mind and I try to pass it on and pay it forward.”
-- Doug Collins

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“I've always said you have to go through a lot of heartache in life to feel joy.”
-- Doug Collins

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“As I look back on the day I signed my professional contract in 1973, I've never gone to sleep wondering if I could pay the bills or take care of my family. That's what basketball has done for me. It's given me the greatest of thrills from high school to college to the Olympics to coaching to broadcasting.”
-- Doug Collins

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“A closing team is so important in the NBA. The last seven minutes is what you are always coaching to get to. Now you have your team set, you have the match-ups you want, you have your time-outs, your chance to finish the game, and that's my job, to get us to that position during the course of the game.”
-- Doug Collins

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“The one thing about players today is that they're very sensitive, and very fragile. They didn't grow up with tough coaches.”
-- Doug Collins

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“When hired three years ago, I willingly accepted the challenge of leading the Bulls back to the type of team this city richly deserves. I'm proud of the fact that each year the team has taken another step toward an NBA championship, and played with intense pride and determination.”
-- Doug Collins

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“When your teammate looks you in the eye and holds you accountable, that's the greatest kind of leadership there is”
-- Doug Collins

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“We've got to get our fans back. We've got to start winning and get our fans excited about the 76ers again... We're selling hope. This is about hope. We have hope that we have a chance to be good.”
-- Doug Collins

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“The 76ers hold a special place in my heart and I am intrigued by the opportunity to return to Philadelphia, where I was part of a rebuilding program, joining the team the year after it went 9-73 and going to the NBA Finals just four years later.”
-- Doug Collins

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“I'm a numbers guy, and I think numbers sometimes tell stories and sometimes they don't. When you look at the NBA, when teams shoot 45% or better from the floor, what is their record? And if they shoot under that what is their record?”
-- Doug Collins

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“I think there's a lot of different ways to win. You've seen teams that win championships with a super-duper star like Kobe Bryant. Those championship teams with Michael Jordan certainly had a great, great player.”
-- Doug Collins

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“I think that Paul Gasol is the most skilled big man in the NBA today with his ability to post on either block, the way he runs the floor, and the way he can shoot the mid-range jump shot.”
-- Doug Collins

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“I think every time you coach a certain team, when you leave that franchise, I think you continue to grow. You take a look at the things that you did, the things you wish you had done better. You analyze your strengths and your weaknesses, and then when you move to your next job, you continue to do the same thing.”
-- Doug Collins

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“Aside from an intervention, which I don't think is on anybody's mind, Iraq is going to have defend for itself.”
-- Doug Collins

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“Boston is a very proud franchise. The NBA misses them when they are not in the mix. They, along with teams like the Knicks and 76ers are a big part of the heart, soul and history of the league.”
-- Doug Collins

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“You don't want to be down 2-0 in a series. It's always important to try and get one on the opponent's home court. It makes your job at home easier.”
-- Doug Collins

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“Work as hard as you can to become as good an individual player as you can to help your team win”
-- Doug Collins

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“I remember when I went to try out for the Olympic team in 1972, Coach Iba told me he didn't care how many points I could score because if I couldn't guard anybody, I wasn't going to make the team. I knew to make the team I had to become a better defender. If you can play offense, you can defend. It just comes down to competitive will.”
-- Doug Collins

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