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" I don't think a coach becomes the right coach until he wins a championship. "

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" In an individual sport, yes, you have to win titles. Baseball's different. But basketball, hockey? One person can control the tempo of a game, can completely alter the momentum of a series. There's a lot of great individual talent. "

" The people who truly know me know what I'm like. There have been people who try to say things that aren't fair, and I check them. And then they don't like me because I checked them. "

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" I can't relate to lazy people. We don't speak the same language. I don't understand you. I don't want to understand you. "

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" Sports are such a great teacher. I think of everything they've taught me: camaraderie, humility, how to resolve differences. "

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" It's disgusting, but my father taught me when your mouth gets dry, just suck the sweat out of your own jersey. There's no bravado to any of it; it's just a disgusting little trick. "

" People just don't understand how obsessed I am with winning. "

" I focus on one thing and one thing only - that's trying to win as many championships as I can. "

" The only thing I'm afraid of is bees. I don't like bees. I'm allergic to them. "

" It's hard for me to grasp the concept of somebody being nervous when I'm talking to them. "

" I love going one-on-one with someone. That's what I do. I've never lost. It's a whole different game, just to have them right in front of you and be able to do whatever you want. "

" We all know what flopping is when we see it. The stuff that you see is where guys aren't really getting hit at all and are just flailing around like a fish out of water. "

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" It never bothered me when people would say, 'You only win championships because you're playing with Shaq.' It bothered me when he said it. "

" If I panic, everyone else panics. "

" These young guys are playing checkers. I'm out there playing chess. "

" I'm extremely willful to win, and I respond to challenges. Scoring titles and stuff like that... it sounds, well, I don't care how it sounds - to me, scoring comes easy. It's not a challenge to me to win the scoring title, because I know I can. "

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