Not Everyone Has A Purpose.

Tomorrow Gives A Beck'ning Hand-- I Turn My Face Away; I'll Not Invite Her To My Home-- I Only Love Today.

I'm A Patient Person. I Think That's One Thing That I Feel Comfortable I Can Deal With - The Downfall And The Errors, As Long As I See Progress And People Trying.

I Know What It Takes To Be A Coach. I've Gone Through That. I Think I Came Up Short My Last Season. Lots Of Things Were Happening Physically To Me, And Emotionally, Perhaps Mentally, Too. I Thought It Was Time To Tend To More Important Things, Like Health And Like Family. I Still Enjoy That, And I Don't Think I Have Any Need To Go Back To Coach.

It Takes A Number Of Critical Factors To Win An Nba Championship, Including The Right Mix Of Talent, Creativity, Intelligence, Toughness, And Of Course, Luck. But If A Team Doesn’t Have The Most Essential Ingredient - Love - None Of Those Other Factors Matter.

I Probably Would Have No Capability Of Absorbing A 60-defeat Season As A Coach. It Would Be A Foreign Experience. My Whole Career, Even As A Player, Has Been On Winning Basketball Clubs And It Just Seems To Have Been A Part Of The Make-up Of What’s Been Given Me. That’s What I’ve Been Given And That’s What I’ve Had To Deal With. Some People Can Make Fun Of It Or Some People Can Have A Good Time With It, Or Some People Can Resent It. It’s Just What It Is.