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My greatest gift that I have in life is basketball.

Biography

Author Profession: Athlete

Nationality: American

Born: April 30, 1961

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Topics

Basketball, Gift, Greatest, Greatest Gift, Life

Quotes to Explore

I've always believed no matter how many shots I miss, I'm going to make the next one. Isaiah Thomas

Always, Matter, Shots, Next, Miss, Going

It's hard to get people to overcome the thought that they have to take care of themselves first. It's hard to get players to give in to the group and become selfless as opposed to selfish. Isaiah Thomas

People, Selfish, Selfless, Thought, Care

You have to develop your whole game to completion. Isaiah Thomas

Game, You, Completion, Your, Whole

Most players in this league say they want consistency. Isaiah Thomas

Consistency, Say, Want, Players, Most

The biggest difference is in the leadership. It was better for us. We had more coaches and mentors to help us. A lot of the younger players today suffer from a lack of direction. Isaiah Thomas

Leadership, Today, Direction, Help, More

We decided to go the way of trading and getting younger players. Isaiah Thomas

Way, Go, Players, Younger, Trading

My thought has always been completion. Maybe you have to rebound better, shoot better, hit free throws, handle the ball, defend better. You have to do all those things in the course of a game. Isaiah Thomas

Game, Thought, Better, Free, You, Always

It was important to me to believe, because if I don't believe, how can I expect them to believe? Isaiah Thomas

Me, Believe, Important, Expect, Because

You're always at war with the guy on the other bench. You pick up their patterns. That's what I got the most out of this year. I know what other coaches like to do. Isaiah Thomas

War, Year, Know, You, Bench, Patterns

We were going to have to experiment, and we needed to develop our younger players. And a lot of the changes were because of injuries. But that's where I give a lot of credit to the group in terms of being able to maintain things. Isaiah Thomas

Injuries, Credit, Group, Changes, Things

We decided to either try trades or just go with older players. If you do that and let contracts expire you can be in the lottery for about four or five years and expect your fans to be patient. Isaiah Thomas

You, Lottery, Patient, Try, Go, Years

The type of athletes we draft still need types of versatility on the defense side of the ball, run the offense. You should still be concerned on the offense side of the ball. Isaiah Thomas

Run, You, Need, Defense, Versatility

My first choice was to work it out with Larry Brown. I needed Larry and I gave him 50 million bucks. This is a situation that I'm in and I'll handle it and I'll make it work. Isaiah Thomas

Work, Choice, Situation, First, Him, Out

Larry Brown thought Steve Francis was a Larry Brown type of player. Isaiah Thomas

Thought, Brown, Player, Type, Steve

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