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I came here...in 1962. I'm not going anywhere.
Klay Thompson stands out. He's just a tough kid.
I mean, it's very difficult up there in the NBA.
I speak my mind on everything. I'm not reluctant.
I would be shocked if Tom Izzo left Michigan State.
Why did Donald Trump become president? I don't know.
I'm not Derek Jeter, there will be no farewell tour.
It's a myth that I run things at Syracuse University.
I never have been in Bernie Fine's hotel room in my life.
Each Olympics is different with their own great parts to it.
It's so much harder to make the NBA than people think it is.
There are different psychologies that different coaches have.
We want every guy to graduate, and we work very hard on that.
I knew I could hang on in the NBA, but I wasn't going to play.
When you can't be loyal to your friends, I don't like that world.
At 67, you are what you are. I think it's too late to change much.
You have to have great players and great coaches working with you.
I've always felt in life, you get a lot of things you have to overcome.
Roy Williams has been a great coach every game since the beginning at Kansas.
I've always felt like a guy where the grass is greener on my side of the fence.
The NBA has never drafted a player for defense. At any position, even at center.
I'd never switch to man-to-man unless we were able to play good man-to-man. Ever.
I first came to the Garden when I was a sophomore in college. The old, old Garden.
There should be some civility when it comes to being president of the United States.
It's one thing to play through injuries, quite another to play well through injuries.
Unfortunately, in our business, it's all about the tournament when you're a good team.
I don't love playing zone all the time, because it does have an effect on your offense.
Mike D'Antoni is one of the best offensive coaches in the whole game of basketball, by far.
I don't know if I could have made it as an NBA player. But I knew I could make it as a coach.
The thing I hate about writers is they want to state their case and they use false information.
You don't play extra guys just to play them. You play 'em because they can help you in some way.
I've said some things that are a little bit off the wall, but I don't run away and hide from them.
I'm not Joe Paterno. Somebody didn't come and tell me Bernie Fine did something and I'm hiding it.
It's always important when you play in a tournament that they have a basketball court and an arena.
No coach can really survive very well in this business without support from his family and friends.
The facts are, when we played here, we were treated better in Greensboro than any other tournament venue.
You've got to work your way into the NBA. Guys like Seth Curry, it took him a couple years in the G-League.
Coaching people, people act differently, respond differently, hear things differently from different people.
Katie Ledecky is the best swimmer in the world. You could say she's impressive with what she can do in a pool.
The NBA is going to do what they want to do. They're going to do what's best for them; not what's best for us.
I think we can benefit from being in the ACC. It's a great basketball league. If anything, it helps our recruiting.
If I could hire a coach in this country and I could get Tony Bennett, there would be nobody in second place. Nobody.
I've always felt like I was a college coach and I was a college coach for Syracuse. It just felt like the right thing.
I don't think Harvard was punished when Bill Gates left early. I don't think they were. I don't think he did too badly.
All the way through my high school and college there was never a doubt in anybody's mind the ACC was the best conference.
If you can get in trouble for supporting a friend you've known for almost 50 years, I don't want to live in that country.
They don't work with you to get better in the NBA. Either you're ready or you're out and you go to the G-League or Europe.
We guard the shooter. A lot of guys shoot way behind the 3-point line. We guard where the shooter is, not where the line is.
It's college basketball and there's a certain amount of uncertainty. As an assistant coach, you do the best job you can to win.
I know every year what my players get and what courses they get them in. I get a report every semester. What course. What grades.