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We’re not above a Game 7. We’re not above competition.

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I’m going to demand. I’m going to push and prod. And a lot of times, players don’t know what is needed for a team to break through.

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I only knew that I didn’t like the AAU culture. I knew that if I had a chance someday, that I would love to be able to, even if it was a small drop in a bucket, to be able to change the culture and be a part of a positive change.

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When you‘re usually competing and contending, you’re not relying on younger players to produce for you.

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Look, we’re the Miami Heat, so we know how to work, we know how to grind.

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The reality is that luck does play a part of it. It does. Ultimately it’s a make or miss league.

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After a couple losses, I normally wouldn’t say anything to my wife in the morning, just kind of grunt and grumble and grab my coffee and get on my way out.

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A coach-player relationship in this league often will be confrontational at times. And other times, it’s smooth sailing. But just the dynamic of the competitive nature of everybody, expectations, results – all these things combine, yeah, sometimes it will get testy. And that’s good.

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We’ve watched ‘Beauty and the Beast‘ at least 30 to 35 times, ‘Moana,’ ‘Despicable Me’ – ‘1,’ ‘2’ and ‘3’ – all of these multiple times.

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I have to be true to myself, and that’s what I know for sure. I can’t try to be anybody else.

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When things that normally work aren’t working, you have to go to something else.

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My first year in Miami, I didn’t even know it was sunny during the winter.

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I’ve done a lot of the NBA programs in the Philippines and other places in South Florida. But I’ve always wanted to be a part of BWB in Africa.

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You don’t have to be humbled to be humble.

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You have to be able to compete, put yourself out there, make yourself vulnerable, to go for something that you want.

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If you’re a competitor, this is what you want. You want all of the games to have meaning, context and to be the best competition.

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When my grandfather was a journalist for the Detroit Tigers, he dressed the part. I mention it always to our local media: sport coat, tie, very professional and a nice cap on his head. And they also developed very close friendships with the players and staff traveling.

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This is a beautiful game.

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The more that we’ve tried to think conventionally in terms of guys playing just a specific position, it restricted us a little bit.

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I’m definitely not trying to go out of my way to create my own image or ensure my own imprint.

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I think what we focus on is every game is a different challenge, and you have to find ways to put yourself in position to win, and you have to have a resourcefulness, and it’s not always going to go according to play.

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I’ve never really been a barbecue guy.

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So much of this league is just about alignment. Who cares what you believe in, who cares what your culture is, can you get a group of people that are aligned?

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It’s always easier to sacrifice when you’re not the one who has to do it.

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I’ve learned pretty quickly you better be able to adjust daily.

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Bam understands the concept of a team and bringing out more out of somebody else, and he finds enjoyment and pride out of making somebody else better.

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If you want to win in a tough place, you’re going to have to make tough plays, you’re going to have to get stops.

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I’ve traveled enough around the world with the NBA to see how much it’s grown, globally.

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Zones are easier just to throw out there and you don’t have to really teach it.

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Basketball is a beautiful game and it’s afforded all of us in this profession so many things. To give back any time we can is gratifying.

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You need guys that have been playoff-tested and have that experience.

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I think we would all prefer to have a slightly shorter regular season with less back-to-back games. This would seem to help put out a better product, and it could also possibly help with injury prevention from over-use injuries.

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It’s a treasure to be part of a Game 7 against a worthy opponent.

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This league does teach you that it’s inevitable that there’s constant change, and you always have to continue to embrace change, adapt with change.

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I don’t condemn fans for getting excited about possibilities.

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You’re all over the place usually with young players. You’re trying to manage their emotions and teach them NBA situations. It usually takes months, even years, to learn and recognize NBA situations and then to develop a level of competitiveness that’s necessary at this level.

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It’s really a shame for the coaching profession that it’s so volatile.

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If you want something badly enough, you’ll figure it out.

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By the time you get to the conference finals, you can’t hide. It’s not like your opponent is going to be experienced on how to try to exploit you. You have to have the right kind of habits and hopefully have been tested enough in those habits… to be able to still get to your identity.

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The most important thing is there is a foundation and an accountability to a system.

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Everybody overestimates what you can do in a day and underestimates what you can do in months of work.

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It’s my personality naturally to try to fly under the radar.

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You can’t stay who you are… Things change and you have to be able to adapt.

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In my mind, this is an ‘and,’ it’s not ‘either‘ ‘or’ or ‘but.’ Yeah, you can feel a certain way about honoring the flag and the country, and feel that there needs to be some significant changes in the system, regarding racial inequalities.

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You obviously have to build a culture, a foundation. You must build the right talent however you do it. Then you have to build the systems and the habits.

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If you’re only focusing on yourself, then you’re not going to help the team.

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It doesn’t matter whether you’re a former player or you come up through the video room, whether you come from college. You have to earn that trust from NBA players every day.

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Simplicity is often one of the greatest strengths.

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Painful experiences can be the most powerful teacher.

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I just hate this term of ‘essential’ staff, and ‘non-essential’ staff.

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It’s amazing how much things can get exaggerated.

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Yes, there’s more access to film than when I first came into the league, but because of it there’s a desire to see more and study more and cover more.

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Come on, if you lose, no one’s going to be happy and nor should they be.

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Anything can happen, and you have to be able to understand the reality of the world that we live in.

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I think it’s important to remain true to myself, but ultimately the Miami Heat and what it stands for is part of me. It’s part of my fabric.

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