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“Winning is hard.”
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“One of the things I like to say is the 'Five Ps': Proper Preparation Prevents Poor Performance.”
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“This isn't my team. This is our team, the community's team, the fans' team, the player's team.”
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“Age is a number. Age is overrated. If we were worried about age, Obama wouldn't have been elected, Tiger Woods wouldn't be doing what he’s doing.”
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“I believe the best way to live your life is to be positive.”
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“Memphis you take an 'Loss', people are devastated. They're sick to their stomach. They take it like a coach. That's the big difference. There are very few programs that are similar to here, the investment that they have to the team.”
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“I took the names off the back of the jerseys; I locked them out of the locker room. I stopped feeding them hot meals, gave them a ham-and-turkey on white bread and bag of chips, wouldn't give them anything with the name of Memphis on their practice gear -- anything -- because I wanted them to understand ... that game is not acceptable.”
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“This is a total team….When you lose that falls on the coach. Players win games; coaches lose games. I’ve always said that to the guys, and I believe that.”
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“Can't tell you how much watching Lute Olson every day helped me"
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“I remember being in the fifth grade and I'm watching a Lakers-Celtics game in my parents' bedroom and I thought then, 'I want to coach'.”
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“The foundation of all excellence is positive belief.”
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“I try not to cuss, I won't say I don't slip, but when I do I get upset at myself.”
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“I didn't get my (undergraduate) degree in 2 1/2 years and my master's in one without having great time-management skills. I have sacrificed sleep, making sure that we are prepared to go. We will be prepared.”
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“I'm jacked, ready to rock and roll. I'm not much of a sleeper, and I don't drink coffee either. I'm a high-energy guy. I love life. I'm a morning guy. I believe the best way to live your life is to be positive. From there, we'll take the next step.”
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- Won 2013 C-USA’s Gene Bartow Coach of the Year
- Led the Tigers to a 75-29 record, with the 75 victories the most wins by a Memphis head coach in his first three years
- Directed the Tigers to a sweep of the 2011-12 Conference USA regular season and tournament crowns, the fifth time the Tigers did so in the last seven seasons
- The 2011-12 conference championship title sweep made Memphis the only program from a top-10 rated conference in the nation to win the regular-season crown outright and also claim the tournament championship
- Led the Tigers to back-to-back appearances in the “Big Dance,” earning the program’s 23rd and 24th bids to the NCAA Tournament (2011, 2012)
- Guided Memphis to the 2011 Conference USA Tournament title, the program’s first league tournament championship won outside the Bluff City since 1987
- One of four head coaches in Memphis history to post 20-win campaigns in each of his first three seasons (joins Wayne Yates, Larry Finch and John Calipari in that group)
- One of three head coaches in school history to lead the Tigers to postseason appearances in each of his first three years (2012, 2011 NCAA; 2010 NIT); Wayne Yates and John Calipari were the other two head coaches to do so
- Led Memphis to double-digit wins in league play in all three seasons (13 in 2009-10 and 2011-12; 10 in 2010-11)
- Won more conference titles (regular season and tournament combined) in his first three seasons than any previous coach in Tigers history
- Signed three-straight, nationally-ranked recruiting classes, including the nation’s No. 1 class in 2010
- Rallied Tiger Nation to attend the three-consecutive, “close-the-doors” Memphis Madnesses in school history in the fall of 2009, 2010 and 2011, as record overflow crowds packed FedEx Forum to watch the Tigers tip off preseason drills