at the end of a game, i think in tenths of a second

MIKE KRZYZEWSKI
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head coach, duke university basketball

we're lucky we get people coming over to this country who are trying to get established and still believe in the dignity of work.

growing up, i was around all guys. at our dinner table, when my girls were growing up, we never talked about basketball. in fact, i never had a chance to talk. here i was, this hot-shot coach. the girls made you humble right away.



OZZIE GUILLEN
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manager, chicago white sox


here's the thing. i can always go back to school and be a doctor. but a doctor can't go back and play basketball when he's forty.

a lot of people think i dye my hair. no, i don't give a fuck. i just worry that my kids live as long as they can. i hope i die before they do. i want to show my friends they are my friends. i want my wife to know i thinks he's hot. i want my team to win games. that's all.



BOB STOOPS

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head coach, university of oklahoma football


i've got a prayer on my desk. it says "dear lord, i pray that my place will never be with the cold, timid souls who do not compete yet criticize, for they never know or feel success or failure."



MIKE BROWN

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head coach, los angeles lakers


you always hear all the talk about team chemistry. i used to think, dang, what do they mean by that? chemistry is so broad. so i tried to find the simplest way to define chemistry. to me, chemistry equals trust.









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“If someone wants to lead a double life, they will find a way to do it. And they can promise you things until your nerves unfold and you can finally put up your feet. But it can all be a lie. There are no guarantees, even when people mean what they say at the time. People change their minds. People die. And the hurt is as real as a baseball bat.”
— Stephanie Klein

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"you were once wild here, don't let them tame you." -isadora duncan

blazing books - vonnegut

"and we will know, too, that those words really don't damage children much. they didn't damage us when we were young. it was evil deeds and lying that hurt us.

if you and your board are now determined to show that you in face have wisdom and maturity when you exercise your powers over the education of your young, then you should acknowledge that it was a rotten lesson you taught young people in a free society when you denounced and then burned books - books you haven't even read. you should also resolve to expose your children to all sorts of opinions and information, in order that they will be better equipped to make decisions and to survive.

here is how i propose to end book banning in this country once and for all: every candidate for school committee should be hooked up to a lie-detector and asked this question: "have you read a book from start to finish since hs? or did you even read a book from start to finish in hs?" if the truthful answer is "no," then the candidate should be told politely that he cannot get on the school committee and blow off his big bazoo about how books make children crazy. whenever ideas are squashed in this country, literaty lovers of the American experiment write careful and intricate explanations of why all ideas must be allowed to live. it is time for them to realize that they are attempting to explain America at its bravest and most optimistic to orangutans." -vonnegut