Our founding fathers declared independence from Great Britain because they were dissatisfied with the laws and policies that they believed abridged their freedoms. Had they taken the stance that many want our professional athletes to take - to just shut up and honor your country no matter what - we would be living in British colonies.

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If you defend, rebound and limit turnovers, you're going to put yourself in a position where you can win games

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Believe me, it's always a lot harder on the guy getting fired.

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What I find fascinating … you have to give David Stern and the NBA a lot of credit … ESPN pays the league, and then the league tells them what to do. It’s more ESPN’s problem. You gotta have no balls whatsoever to pay someone hundreds of millions of dollars and let them run your business.

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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.

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The NCAA is one of the worst organizations - maybe the worst organization - in sports. They certainly don't care about the athlete.

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Holding people presumed to be innocent in jail pre-trial simply because they cannot afford to pay their bail extracts huge human and financial costs.

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We took the handcheck out of the game to give guys like Steph Curry more freedom. Why didn't we say, 'Just get in the weight room and get stronger?'

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Being twins goes way beyond my relationship with my brother. That's a lot deeper bond.

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It's hard to be successful over the long term if you're not unified and there's not that synergy between coach and front office.

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My dad has coached a long time, so there aren't too many conversations in my family that haven't centered around basketball.

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People with advantages don't tend to want to give them up. If you see it as a zero-sum game, then it will never change. If only the people who are disadvantaged speak out, then it's not enough. I don't want to overshadow their voices, but I want to support.

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When 'Sports Illustrated' came out with their 50 most fashionable people in sport, that fact that I wasn't on that list is a travesty.

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Peaceful protest is a hallmark of our democracy. It has been in impetus for social change throughout our history.

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I am more off-the-cuff and wear my emotions on my sleeve more than I should.

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Exacerbating the problem of mass incarceration is that, even after someone is released from prison, the stigma of a misdemeanor or felony conviction makes finding gainful employment difficult, if not impossible.

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People should never be permitted to feel comfortable while trampling the rights of others.

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Rondo's a great player, and most teams look at it that anytime you have a chance to get a great player, you do it.

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I really think the people I run into in the NBA, whether it's the front office side or in coaching, everybody wants to work in an atmosphere where everybody's pulling in the same direction.

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I've been privileged to coach a lot of great people, high-character guys, and I don't think I've ever coached a better professional than Joel Anthony.

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LeBron is LeBron. They're not going to call offensive fouls on him. He gets to do what he wants.

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