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As a man, you got to know how to take it, so I just took it.
Sep 10, 2025
It's a different role for me, playing with the great Dwyane Wade.
Dampier is soft. Quote it, underline it, tape it and send it to him.
I'm the one guy who says don't force the stupid people to be quiet - I want to know who the morons are.
My whole thing is, if you love me, then love me. If you don't, then believe what you hear and run with that.
We're just playing basketball. It's not like we're going out to have unprotected sex with Magic.
I'm a 34-year-old NBA center. I'm black. And I'm gay.
The 76ers hold a special place in my heart and I am intrigued by the opportunity to return to Philadelphia, where I was part of a rebuilding program, joining the team the year after it went 9-73 and going to the NBA Finals just four years later.
I'm not trying to plant the seed that I'm the most fashionable NBA guy - of course, I think that in my own mind.
I've ultimately decided that I will not play this NBA season. I'm going to take the remainder of this season, as well as the upcoming off-season, to reassess my situation, spend time with my family and determine if I will play in the 2015-16 season.
The more concerned we become over the things we can't control, the less we will do with the things we can control
The greatest compliment to any player is he is a great teammate. We can't all be great players, but we can all be great teammates
Jeff Bzdelik is one of the smartest, most knowledgeable, hardest working coaches I have ever worked with. His teams in the NBA and college have achieved beyond their talent levels. Recruits to Wake Forest will play for a coach who was successful in the NBA for a long time and will teach them what they need to know to make it to the NBA.
Mama wanted me to be a preacher. I told her coachin' and preachin' were a lot alike.
Don't talk too much. Don't pop off. Don't talk after the game until you cool off.
Make every day your masterpiece.
I'll never give up on a player regardless of his ability as long as he never gives up on himself. In time he will develop.
Set goals - high goals for you and your organization. When your organization has a goal to shoot for, you create teamwork, people working for a common good.
Get the winners into the game.
You must learn how to hold a team together. You must lift some men up, calm others down, until finally they've got one heartbeat. Then you've got yourself a team.
The idea of molding men means a lot to me.
If a man is a quitter, I'd rather find out in practice than in a game. I ask for all a player has so I'll know later what I can expect.
Even the greatest players accept coaching and value the need for discipline and the order that it brings to the team
The worst day coaching is better than the best day doing anything else
One of the biggest reasons I like coaching college ball is the kids. I feel I can impact players lives
Perfection is impossibility but striving for perfection is not. Do the best you can. That is what counts.
Knowledge is not enough to get desired results. You must have the more elusive ability to teach and to motivate. This defines a leader; if you can't teach and you can't motivate, you can't lead.
Motivating through fear may work in the short term to get people to do something, but over the long run I believe personal pride is a much greater motivator. It produces far better results that last for a much longer time.
The team with the most talent usually wins.
You have to learn what makes this or that Sammy run. For one it's a pat on the back, for another it's eating him out, for still another it's a fatherly talk, or something else. You're a fool if you think as I did as a young coach, that you can treat them all alike.
Don't overwork your squad. If you're going to make a mistake, under-work them.
A closing team is so important in the NBA. The last seven minutes is what you are always coaching to get to. Now you have your team set, you have the match-ups you want, you have your time-outs, your chance to finish the game, and that's my job, to get us to that position during the course of the game.
That dude scored 8 points in the last 19 seconds, pulled out a miracle win at the Garden. He made me choke on a chicken bone that day. I'm serious.
Even though, physically, I can't do it, the mind says, 'Yeah, I can still do it,' and I still think I can do it better than most in the NBA, … Driven From Within.
The thing that happened in Washington -- it happened. All you can do is just grow from it. That took a toll on me. That was probably -- I think if I could've bounced mentally out of that situation faster than I did, I would probably still be in the NBA. But since I couldn't understand why they were trying to treat me like that, I basically gave up. I just didn't want to be a part of it anymore.
The first time I stepped on an NBA court I became a businessman.
Russell... I love you. I thank you so much man. You made me better. You know, Your work ethic. I always wanted to compete with you. I always wanted to pull up into the parking lot of the practice facility, And if you beat me there, I was always upset. I always wanted to outwork you. And you set the bar. You set the tone. And thank you so much man. Thank you. You had a big piece of this MVP trophy. You're an MVP caliber player It's a blessing to play with you man.
I never envisioned myself playing for the U.S. Olympic team -- growing up, I never envisioned playing in the NBA, to be real with you. I never envisioned that type of stuff. So this is like a dream that I never had come true. It's like I'm a part of what's really going on. It's still very hard for me to believe that I am really going to be a part of the biggest thing in the whole entire world.
It doesn't cost nothing to be nice to people
I have to give credit to the NBA, because they've done an unbelievable job of taking our game global and putting us in a position to be able to come here and other places in the world and see how big the game of basketball is. If you have never been here, you might not really understand how amazing and how big basketball is. These fans in China love the sport, and they have more players playing than we have people living in the US.
Sometimes, things may not go your way, but the effort should be there every single night.
Young people need models, not critics.
I see kids today trying to do the things I did, and it makes me feel like I've come a long way.
I'm hungrier than those other guys out there. Every rebound is a personal challenge.
The only important statistic is the final score.
One of the hardest things for a ball player to do is to accept his role
I was taught to play the game from a total team concept-to be able to do everything reasonably well and some things extraordinarily well. If I'm not shooting well, I'll try to be an asset in other ways-like defense, passing, rebounding, and hustle.
X & O's aren't worth a damn without a team. If your team isn't with you it doesn't matter what you draw up. The team must respect what the coach is asking them to do
Players draw confidence from a poised, alert coach who anticipates changing in game conditions
It is foolish to expect a young man to follow your advice and to ignore your example.