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" I've been collecting jerseys and shoes my whole career. "
Tyronn Lue
Career
Been
Collecting
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" Great players, they always dig deep and have their will to win. "
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" When you're prepared, and you do the best you can do, and you put it out there on the floor, you've just got to live with the results. "
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Best
You
" I've started. I've come off the bench. I've not played. I've been on the worst team in the NBA. I've won championships. "
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Worst
" I'm blessed just making it to the NBA. That was my first goal and dream. Playing with Kobe and Shaq and for a coach like Phil Jackson, and then going to play with guys like Jordan and Jerry Stackhouse, it's just a crazy experience. "
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Goal
Experience
Dream
" I don't like when people come out and say 'sources say' and this and that. Listen, if you can't put your name behind it, then don't say it. I don't believe in that. "
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Believe
You
Say
" Dealing with LeBron is like a friendship. Coaching, but he understands that I am the boss, and I am going to call the shots, and he is fine with that. "
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Boss
Coaching
Friendship
" I always get mad when guys make shots in the first quarter, second quarter, pumping their chest, and then the game on the line, they miss. So you're doing all that for no reason. "
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Always
You
Reason
" I don't like the media attention. "
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Like
Media
Attention
" It's been one heck of a ride. I came into the league playing with Kobe and Shaq and for Phil Jackson. Playing with Jordan. And so, it just has been a blessing. I can't describe it any other way. "
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Blessing
Playing
Just
" You work to make sure that, in the game, everybody knows where they're supposed to be at, and sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. But if you put them in a position to be successful, that's all you can ask for. "
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Game
Work
Successful
" All I know is basketball, and I'm sure a lot of guys in the locker room, all they know is basketball. So, they have to enjoy it. "
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Enjoy
Sure
Know
" I was just a young kid out of Mexico, Missouri, and then Kansas City, having an opportunity to play at the University of Nebraska, where I grew as a man. "
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Man
Opportunity
Play
" I like to fly under the radar. I don't like my name in everything. "
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Like
Radar
Everything
" I won coach of the year at the ESPYs, but I didn't go to ESPYs. That's not me. I don't want the attention. "
Tyronn Lue
Want
Attention
Go
" My job as the associate head coach was to make sure the head coach has everything he needs. That's my job. Whatever he needs me to do and whatever I see fit to do to help the team win. "
Tyronn Lue
Team
Help
Coach
" Coming from a small town of Mexico, Missouri, we got 11,000 people. Never seen a celebrity. "
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Celebrity
Small Town
Small
" I have seen every aspect of basketball that you can see as a player, and I think they can relate to that, and I can understand them. "
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Think
Understand
You
" If I tell you there's cheese on the moon, bring the crackers. "
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Moon
Tell
You
" Without basketball, I wouldn't be me. I don't know where I would be at. "
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Without
Basketball
Know
" If you win as a unit, everybody gets credit for it. "
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Gets
You
Win
" I hate being on TV, hate dealing with media on TV. All that stuff, I don't like that. "
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Dealing
Media
Stuff
" Being broke and poor - I mean, you grow up in the environment I grew up in, grew up hard and grew up poor. Your mom doesn't have a car until you make it to the NBA... no telephone. So, I mean, if you grow up like that, and you're able to make it to this level and be blessed the way I've been blessed, it's always great to give back. "
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Environment
Blessed
Car
" The Stepover definitely made me famous. The thing with Allen Iverson is, he made me. "
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Famous
Definitely
Thing
" I know how loyal I was to Coach Blatt, and the people that know me understand that. I have no control over what people think. "
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Think
Me
Know
" I try not to be a typical athlete. "
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Typical
Try
Athlete
" I had a great relationship with Coach Nee. I liked Doc Sadler a lot. "
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Coach
Great
Relationship
" Things just always seem to happen and work out for me. "
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Always
Just
Work
" LeBron is like a coach. He is a coach on the floor. He has a great basketball IQ. "
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Basketball
Like
IQ
" I just can't put the pressure on of winning a championship, winning a championship, because then I'd never be able to sleep. "
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Winning
Pressure
Sleep
" If you give all your effort and all the fight and all the heart you got, it doesn't necessarily mean you're going to win, and that's what's tough about sports. "
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Heart
Fight
Win