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" All of those things had been talked about, suggested, rumored, as a manager and as a member of the Knicks organization, I couldn't allow myself to think that way or believe that. "
Believe
Think
Organization
" Everybody wants to be perfect. "
Everybody
Wants
Perfect
" How can I tell the eighth or ninth man on the team that I want you to work hard every day and I want you to improve and get better, but while you're doing that you're not going to get any minutes? "
Man
Better
Work
" I believe in the players and what I've put together and we'll make it work. "
Believe
Work
Together
" I can't think of any NBA team over the last few years that lost three starters. And we replaced them basically with three guys who really haven't played in this league. "
Three
Last
Lost
" If all I'm remembered for is being a good basketball player, then I've done a bad job with the rest of my life. "
Done
Rest
My Life
" I'll continue to try to make changes to better improve the team. "
Try
Changes
Improve
" I love what I'm doing. "
Doing
I Love
Love
" Instead of me telling them what they need to work on, I wanted to hear from them what they needed to work on. "
Need
Me
Work
" It's been made clear to all of us that a player should never leave the playing field and go into the stands. "
Leave
Playing
Clear
" It's hard to get people to overcome the thought that they have to take care of themselves first. It's hard to get players to give in to the group and become selfless as opposed to selfish. "
People
Thought
Selfless
" It was important to me to believe, because if I don't believe, how can I expect them to believe? "
Me
Because
Important
" It wasn't about the X's and the O's and the strategy; it was more about keeping 12 guys focused and committed to a task. That group dynamic, and then helping them to grow as people and basketball players. "
Group
Basketball
Strategy
" I've always believed no matter how many shots I miss, I'm going to make the next one. "
Miss
Next
Shots
" I've been in pressure situations before. All my life it's been about pressure and having to get it done. Just because you say it publicly, it does not make me afraid of it or make me shy away from it. "
Me
Life
Done
" I want to see if the player communicates with his teammates and how he responds to coaching. Another thing to remember is players' bodies can develop better than their skills. "
Teammates
Remember
Coaching
" I would still like to get more athletic and have players that can really cover what's going on in the game. "
Game
Still
Players
" Larry Brown thought Steve Francis was a Larry Brown type of player. "
Thought
Type
Brown
" Most players in this league say they want consistency. "
Want
Most
Consistency
" My first choice was to work it out with Larry Brown. I needed Larry and I gave him 50 million bucks. This is a situation that I'm in and I'll handle it and I'll make it work. "
Him
Choice
Handle
" My greatest gift that I have in life is basketball. "
Life
Greatest Gift
Gift
" My thought has always been completion. Maybe you have to rebound better, shoot better, hit free throws, handle the ball, defend better. You have to do all those things in the course of a game. "
Always
Free
Better
" The biggest difference is in the leadership. It was better for us. We had more coaches and mentors to help us. A lot of the younger players today suffer from a lack of direction. "
More
Direction
Today
" The type of athletes we draft still need types of versatility on the defense side of the ball, run the offense. You should still be concerned on the offense side of the ball. "
Side
Run
Need
" We decided to either try trades or just go with older players. If you do that and let contracts expire you can be in the lottery for about four or five years and expect your fans to be patient. "
Try
Patient
You
" We decided to go the way of trading and getting younger players. "
Getting
Players
Go
" We were going to have to experiment, and we needed to develop our younger players. And a lot of the changes were because of injuries. But that's where I give a lot of credit to the group in terms of being able to maintain things. "
Going
Credit
Changes
" You have to develop your whole game to completion. "
You
Whole
Completion
" You're always at war with the guy on the other bench. You pick up their patterns. That's what I got the most out of this year. I know what other coaches like to do. "
Know
War
You
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