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" The key is not the will to win... everybody has that. It is the will to prepare to win that is important. "

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" I have always maintained that in basketball the importance of the mental to the physical is about four to one. "

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" I want to say to you Indiana people that I owe you a big, big debt of gratitude because nowhere in the world is a sporting group followed more than this state follows basketball. And I just want to thank you for the opportunity that I had to coach in this state - it will always be something that I will cherish. "

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" I was a history and government major at Ohio State University, and I've spent a lot of time just fiddling around with who the next president's going to be, over the years, or who would I like to see in that job, or whatever. And I've come to believe, without any reservation, in this era, the best-prepared person for this job by far is Donald Trump. "

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" I don't think I have ever been out of control. "

" Most people have the will to win, few have the will to prepare to win. "

" Mental toughness is to physical as four is to one. "

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