Christian, non-Christian, we're going to miss the mark. We're going to make mistakes. How you handle those mistakes and get more fundamentally sound spiritually in dealing with those mistakes I think have a direct impact - not only on your spiritual life, but those around you.

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You create shots for yourself by what you do without the ball more than what you do after you get it

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We try to stress the little things because little things lead to big things.

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When I played with Michael Jordan on the Olympic team, there was a huge gap between his ability and the ability of the other great players on that team. But what impressed me was that he was always the first one on the floor and the last one to leave.

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I'm a Christian first. I'm a family guy second. As much as I like coaching, as much as I like basketball, it's third, fourth, or fifth down the line.

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I feel blessed that I had an opportunity to be in the Big Ten for four years as a player and be in the Big Ten as a coach for eight years. To get 12 years in a conference like the Big Ten - it's a first-class league with great towns and great fans.

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Fans will come if you have a good product.

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We respect the decision he and his family have made, and we wish him all the best in the future.

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Every person has a different view of another person's image. That's all perception. The character of a man, the integrity, that's who you are.

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It's been an unbelievable thing for me to walk Bruin Walk and walk past Coach Wooden's statue, a guy that when I was in elementary school, it's Coach Wooden winning his final championship, his 10th in 12 years.

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The majority of the Big Ten towns are college towns. The colleges are kind of what run the towns.

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If you keep your eyes fixed on Christ, He's going to reward you.

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I grew up in Indiana. My first four years of elementary were in the gym where Coach Wooden went to high school.

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I never in my wildest dreams thought I would get even one play at Indiana, let alone 25 years later, walk Bruin Walk, walk UCLA where Coach Wooden built his legacy.

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I've said all along it's a humbling experience being at UCLA. Extremely proud, extremely blessed to be at an institution with all this tradition.

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Everything that UCLA stands for, it's top of the food chain. So you either look at those things as burdens or you look at them as blessings. From day one, I've told my staff we're going to look at it as a blessing and do everything we can to build champions.

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I got to work for some great administrators at great institutions, and I had an opportunity to coach great players. Iowa is no different.

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When I was a freshman and sophomore, I got booed every time I was put in the game. Then, in my junior and senior years, my dad got booed every time he took me out.

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My children see me being coach enough. I gotta make sure they see me being dad.

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It's all about persevering. You know you're going to be tested. If you keep your eyes fixed on Christ, He's going to reward you.

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Sometimes it's forgotten that players are coming to college to get a degree.

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