Zitat des Tages von Tyronn Lue:
LeBron is like a coach. He is a coach on the floor. He has a great basketball IQ.
I hate being on TV, hate dealing with media on TV. All that stuff, I don't like that.
I have a job to do, and I'm going to do my best.
Coming from a small town of Mexico, Missouri, we got 11,000 people. Never seen a celebrity.
I was just a young kid out of Mexico, Missouri, and then Kansas City, having an opportunity to play at the University of Nebraska, where I grew as a man.
Great players, they always dig deep and have their will to win.
I won coach of the year at the ESPYs, but I didn't go to ESPYs. That's not me. I don't want the attention.
I know how loyal I was to Coach Blatt, and the people that know me understand that. I have no control over what people think.
My job as the associate head coach was to make sure the head coach has everything he needs. That's my job. Whatever he needs me to do and whatever I see fit to do to help the team win.
All I know is basketball, and I'm sure a lot of guys in the locker room, all they know is basketball. So, they have to enjoy it.
Look, they ridiculed Jesus Christ, so I'm certainly no exception.
You work to make sure that, in the game, everybody knows where they're supposed to be at, and sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. But if you put them in a position to be successful, that's all you can ask for.
With me, everybody I meet always has a clean slate.
Without basketball, I wouldn't be me. I don't know where I would be at.
I want to win, and I know I'm supposed to win, but I think the biggest thing for me is I have to do the best job I can do but then also enjoy it.
Being broke and poor - I mean, you grow up in the environment I grew up in, grew up hard and grew up poor. Your mom doesn't have a car until you make it to the NBA... no telephone. So, I mean, if you grow up like that, and you're able to make it to this level and be blessed the way I've been blessed, it's always great to give back.
If you give all your effort and all the fight and all the heart you got, it doesn't necessarily mean you're going to win, and that's what's tough about sports.
I've started. I've come off the bench. I've not played. I've been on the worst team in the NBA. I've won championships.
If you win as a unit, everybody gets credit for it.