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" You don't play against opponents, you play against the game of basketball. "

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" My dad was a very quiet person, and unbelievably tough. But my grandmother gave me my first look at negative thinking to bring about positive results. When I was just a little guy, anytime I came to my grandmother and said I wish for this or that, Grandma would say, 'If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.' "

" When I first started coaching, one of the worst things that I think I heard was 'It will be O.K.' I would wonder, 'How the hell is it going to be O.K.?' The worst word in the English language is 'hope.' "

" I watched the guy that hits a home run, and he comes across the plate and he points skyward, like thanking for the help from the Almighty to hit the home run. And as he does that, I say to myself, 'God screwed the pitcher.' And I don't know how else you look at it. "

" 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. "

" I've always felt that, you know, the Almighty has a lot of things to do other than help my basketball team. "

" When my time on earth is gone, and my activities here are passed, I want they bury me upside down, and my critics can kiss my ass! "

" 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. "

" People change over the years, and that changes situations for good and for bad. "

" If we want the best pitcher, let's get Bobby Feller. If want the best football player, let's get Jimmy Brown; the best basketball player, let's get Bill Russell. If we want the guy who can do the best job for the United States - let's get Donald Trump. "

" I think that it's perhaps harder to learn from victory than it is from defeat. I think that we don't want defeat. We don't want defeat in sport. We don't want defeat in life. How are we going to be beaten? All right. We have to deal with those things. What's going to cause us to lose the game, whatever the game might be? "

" The will to succeed is important, but what's more important is the will to prepare. "

" I think a great idea would be involving our various military services along the border all the way from San Diego to Houston. We've got military bases all over the country. We can just move some people down there and let those cartels who are doing a lot of hurt to the youth of America, let those cartels fight against the Marine Corps. "

" I'm an unemployed teacher right now and I'm looking for a place to teach. "

" I think what Mr. Trump has is this - he has experiences. He has put more things together in businesses around the United States, around the world. And he's had some things that didn't go exactly right. He's been able to find a way to resurrect those things. He's been able to make some changes. "

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

Mental Toughness

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

" What the hell is a Republican? What the hell is a Democrat? I don't care. I've always urged people to make sure you vote for the right guy. "

" All of us learn to write in the second grade. Most of us go on to greater things. "

" And I would be the first to admit that probably, in a lot of press conferences over the time that I have been in coaching, indulging my own sense of humor at press conferences has not been greatly to my benefit. "

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

" I'll tell you one thing about Donald Trump: There will never be a Benghazi in a Donald Trump administration. "

" I think that we as a people are always prone to think about, well, tomorrow will be a better day. Well, why will it be a better day? And I think the more that we believe in doing things better, doing the right thing rather than hoping that that's going to happen, let's make it happen. "

" We need a Donald Trump more than we've ever needed anybody since George Washington. "

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