“Let's put it in old movie Mafia terms. There are guys that are in position to get by but they didn't wait their turn. They back-doored the top guy to get the power. For example, Sonny Corleone went up there, and he wanted to be the top guy. And the Godfather said, 'You know what dude, I'm a star.' That's what I'm doing now, and that's what I was trying to do with what's-his-name.” KnowsTryingSaidWantedGuyTurnsNamesStarsWaitingTermExamplePositionBasketballMafiaLakersOld MovieCorleone Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“Height isn't something you can have and just let be, like nice teeth or naturally curly hair. People have this idea you have to put it to use, playing basketball, for example, or observing the weather up there. If you are a girl, they feel a particular need to point your height out to you, as if you might not have noticed.” PeopleIfsNeedsFeelsIdeasUseBodyMightGirlNiceExampleParticularHairBasketballSizeTeethWeatherHeightObservingPlaying BasketballCurly HairNice Teeth Author:Barbara Kingsolver
“Analytics only goes so far. Basketball, more than baseball, for example, is really a team sport.” SportsTeamExampleBasketballBaseballAnalyticsSports Team Author:Steve Ballmer
“I think it is an accurate statement to say that some people consider feelings of same-gender attraction to be the defining fact of their existence. There are also people who consider the defining fact of their existence that they are from Texas or that they were in the United States Marines. Or they are red-headed, or they are the best basketball player that ever played for such-and-such a high school. People can adopt a characteristic as the defining example of their existence and often those characteristics are physical.” PeopleThinkingStatesFactsFeelingsSchoolUnitedExistenceUnited StatesPlayerExampleBasketballHigh SchoolRedGenderAttractionStatementsCharacteristicsTexasAccurateMarineDefiningBasketball PlayerBest BasketballUnited States Marine Author:Dallin H. Oaks
“I've tried to handle winning well, so that maybe we'll win again, but I've also tried to handle failure well. If those serve as good examples for teachers and kids, then I hope that would be a contribution I have made to sport. Not just basketball, but to sport.” IfsWellsMadeWould BeKidsWinningSportsTeacherExampleBasketballHandleContributionGood Examples Author:Mike Krzyzewski
“I would suggest that teachers show their students concrete examples of the negative effects of the actions that gangsta rappers glorify.” InspirationalShowsActionTeacherEffectsExampleStudentsBasketballNegativeRapperConcreteGlorifyGangstaGangsta Rap Author:Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
“Help your players to control their emotions - do this through example.” HelpingEmotionPlayerExampleBasketballCoachingBasketball Coaching Author:Norm Sloan
“I've always led by example and I'm not that vocal.” ExampleBasketballVocalGood Examples Author:Scottie Pippen
“It is foolish to expect a young man to follow your advice and to ignore your example.” MenYoungAdviceExampleBasketballCoachesFoolishYoung ManCoachingNbaBasketball CoachingBasketball PlayerMotivational BasketballBasketball CoachBasketball MotivationBasketball TeamGood BasketballGreat BasketballSports CoachCoaches MotivationalCoaches And PlayersMotivational CoachingPlayer To Coach Author:Don Meyer