Message of the Day Quotes Part III
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“I came to my first Colts training camp in July of 1950, and it was murder, absolute murder. We had a coach named Clem Crow who must have been nuts. You got to remember that I’d been a Marine, had gone through basic training and spent 26 months in the Pacific during WWII, but the Marine drill instructors had nothing on Clem.”
Art Donovan
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“When you get to that level, it’s not a matter of talent anymore - because all the players are so talented - it’s about preparation, about playing smart and making good decisions.”
Hakeem Olajuwon
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“It is true because it is fact”
Bugs Bunny
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“It’s a direct reflection of Coach,” former KU point guard Elijah Johnson said before last season’s title No. 9 and might as well have spoken for all 10. “The people who were doing it eight years ago are not doing it now. He’s still there. I feel like that has to mean something. He’s doing something right. I just appreciate the fact that he tries to shed the light on us and make it look like it’s us who’s doing it. When all of us know who it really is, the head honcho.”
Well said EJ!
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The great person is ahead of their time, the smart make something out of it, and the blockhead, sets themselves against it.
Jean Baudrillard
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“In the synthetic reality of watching a game on a computer with the televised game remotely simulated in pixels of one virtual window and the alias dialogue of a live blog simulated in the pixels of a another, simultaneous virtual window, reality itself becomes a meta-simulacrum.”
jaybate simulating the sign Jean Baudrillard after the banal shock of the Neo-New wore off
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A fact is something that can be known while misunderstanding persists.
jaybate
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“In college, I probably lost a total of about 11 games, and then I came to the Celtics and in my first three weeks we went on a nine-game losing streak.”
Paul Pierce
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“If I weren’t earning $3 million a year to dunk a basketball, most people on the street would run in the other direction if they saw me coming.”
Charles Barkley
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“Persons that don’t like basketball either haven’t seen it, or should be viewed as having character flaws.”
jaybate
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“Basketball is not a distraction from life. Life is a distraction from basketball.”
jaybate
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“I could be happy practicing most any religion, but preferring football to basketball is unthinkable.”
jaybate
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“I am not a one dimensional person, but if I were, basketball would be that one dimension.”
jaybate
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@jaybate 1.0 You probably meant that as a joke, but I seriously feel that way. Especially KU Basketball. Whenever I meet someone that does not like KU basketball, I automatically don’t trust them.
Same way for fishing. If they like fishing, they must be OK, if they don’t like it, they’ve probably never been.
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@nuleafjhawk “I’ll take all the eggs and bacon you have” - Ron Swanson
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@HawkInMizery - Just give me all the bacon and eggs you have. Wait, wait. I’m worried what you just heard was, “Give me a lot of bacon and eggs.” What I said was, “Give me all the bacon and eggs you have”. Do you understand?
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@nuleafjhawk “I call this turf ‘n’ turf. It’s a 16 oz T-bone and a 24 oz porterhouse. Also, whiskey and a cigar. I am going to consume all of this at the same time because I am a free American.”
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@nuleafjhawk On the record…I like fishing.
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@jaybate 1.0 I knew it!!
Actually, (when we were on the “other” site) I recall you telling me of a memorable childhood fishing trip. I really enjoyed that story and knew then that you were a great guy!
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“It’s my third year here. To be able to clinch at home, that would be good for the fans, good for Kansas, good for the players and most importantly, coach,” Naadir Tharpe
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"When you’re doing something interesting, time flies,” Black said. “That’s how this season’s been. It’s been so intriguing and so interesting and just so fun that time has really flown by.” Tarik Black 2014
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At one point in your life you either have the thing you want or the reasons why you don’t
Andy Roddick
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“If practice makes perfect, and no one is perfect, why practice?”
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Winning means you’re willing to go longer, work harder, and give more than anyone else.
Vince Lombardi
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Pain is only temporary but victory is forever.
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Don’t practice until you get it right. Practice until you can’t get it wrong.
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When you put on that jersey, the name on the front is more important then the name on the back.
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“Coaching is about preparing kids not to be able to play, when they are as old as you.”
jaybate
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" Opinions are just that, opinions, and as such they are not right or wrong. We all have them and hopefully sharing them makes us see other valid points of view. This is what forums are all about."
JayHawkFanToo
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" Why can’t we be friends? " (repeat x 3)
" I know you’re working for the C.I.A. "
" They wouldn’t have you in the mafia "
" Why can’t we be friends? " (repeat x2)
WAR (and nuleafjhawk)
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" Why can’t we all just get along? " Rodney King (and nuleafjhawk)
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If you put your effort and concentration into playing to your potential, to be the best that you can be, I don’t care what the scoreboard says at the end of the game, in my book we’re gonna be winners. –Coach Norman Dale, Hickory Hoosiers
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There’s a, um tradition in tournament play- not talk about the next step until you’ve climbed the one in front of you. I’m sure going to the state finals is beyond your wildest dreams, so let’s just keep it right there.
–Coach Norman Dale, Hickory Hoosiers
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You know, most people would kill… to be treated like a god, just for a few moments
–Coach Norman Dale, Hickory Hoosiers
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I would hope you would support who we are. Not, who we are not. These six (18) individuals have made a choice to work, a choice to sacrifice, to put themselves on the line 23 (33+) nights for the next 4 (5) months, to represent you, this high school (college). That kind of commitment and effort deserves and demands your respect. This is your team.
–Coach Norman Dale, Hickory Hoosiers
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Survive and advance - Jim Valvano
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“Yes. I am the fan No. 1 of KU.” Col. Thomas Embid
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“Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It’s courage that counts.”
John Wooden
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“I’m no wizard, and I don’t like being thought of in that light at all. I think of a wizard as being some sort of magician or something, doing something on the sly or something, and I don’t want to be thought of in that way.”
John Wooden
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“My background playing soccer gave me a natural advantage over many of the American-born players.”
Hakeem Olajuwon
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“He never makes you go home hating him, you can hate him all day, but at the end he lets you know it’s family. He gets that across. Some people need to hate him to be successful, and some people need to get along with him to be successful. He knows the difference.”
Elijah Johnson
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@globaljaybird These are great quotes! thanks.
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“A life of frustration is inevitable for any coach whose main enjoyment is winning.”
- Chuck Noll (Steelers Coach)
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“Wisdom is always an overmatch for strength.”
-Phil Jackson (NBA Coach)
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“Nothing will work unless you do.”
- John Wooden (Basketball Coach)
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“Good, better, best. Never let it rest. Until your good is better and your better is best.”
- Tim Duncan (NBA MVP)
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“Toughness is in the soul and spirit, not in muscles.”
- Alex Karras (Football Player)
