The community owes us nothing. It's up to us to go out and earn their respect. Jerry Colangelo More Quotes by Jerry Colangelo More Quotes From Jerry Colangelo Be a sponge. Spend as much time as possible with people who truly know their craft and be a great listener. That is how you learn. Jerry Colangelo sponges crafts people The bottom line is, you can't be afraid to fail. Jerry Colangelo bottom failing lines Meadowlark, you are the best! Jerry Colangelo meadowlarks I couldn’t be more thrilled to have him be that person, when Coach K and I put things together back in ’05, ’06, we talked about building infrastructure that would carry on after we’re gone. And I believe that’s really what’s transpired. Jerry Colangelo Grant has been around us over the years and our training camps, because of relationships with myself, with of course Coach K, his coach in college, he’s very aware. There’s been a lot of conversation. There’ll be plenty more conversation. And it’s not rocket science. It really isn’t. It’s all about relationships, and he’s very good at relationships so I feel very confident in passing this on to Grant Hill. Jerry Colangelo I've never seen in my long life an athlete passing that had the impact that Kobe's passing had on people, people on the street, people that didn't even know him, in my case it was personal... so much more difficult for me and family. Jerry Colangelo This is the first step in USA Basketball identifying the 12 players who will represent the United States as members of the 2020 U.S. Olympic men's basketball team in Tokyo, over the course of the remainder of the NBA season we'll continue to monitor all of the athletes. Jerry Colangelo