Nick Nurse Quotes

Nick Nurse

Profession : Coach

Birth : July 24, 1967

It's pretty draining, the amount of games I watch on a daily basis. It's pretty much non-stop.

Nick Nurse

I just want to keep getting better. People used to ask me - when I was winning in the D-League - why I wasn't in the NBA, and I'd tell them, 'I just want to learn and get better.' I figured it'd happen one day, and if it didn't, I really enjoyed my time coaching anyways.

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Your big has to be able to make 'em pay from the perimeter.

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I've had a lot of really good preparation. I've coached a lot of games around the world.

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I worked at chemistry and developing a style of play on both sides of the ball and studied success and winning.

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I've got way more attention than I ever needed or wanted.

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It's not like I'm shy or anything. I'm not.

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In a game, I'm locked in. I maybe notice three rows in the stands the arena over, and that's it.

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It's about what the players are doing. My job is facilitate that. My job is to put them in positions to succeed. My job is to listen to their ideas, take them if they're good, quietly push them to the side if they're not. My job is to help them grow.

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Long time ago, we used to sit around eating popcorn and drawing up plays.

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I call Kawhi the best team player in the league. He really does everything: he defends. He scores. He has been grabbing huge rebounds. He is a leader. His competitive spirit to win rubs off on everybody.

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The Energy job was probably the key. It kind of transitioned me back into the States. It gave me a link to the NBA. And I got to make some contacts and meet some players and get players set up and learn the NBA game and terminology and coaching those type of players. It was certainly a huge, huge key to getting to the NBA.

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I've coached a lot of teams and moved up gradually and tried to succeed and tried to have success at every level. When that happens, you just continue to wonder if you can keep doing it one more level.

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When I started coaching, I wanted to find out quickly if I could do it.

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I started at Grand View and all the England stuff. I just wanted to learn and get better, and that's kind of what the experiences were.

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I didn't think reaching the NBA was a possibility when I coached Derby in 1990. I was right out of college when I went there and was more concerned about playing a bit and getting that out of my system.

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The gym in Milton Keynes or wooden backboards at Chester - maybe it didn't feel that glamorous at the time, but it was fun.

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I tried to convince those guys at the Bullets in the '95-'96 season that they could try to beat the mighty London Towers, who won everything the year before. I got out of bed every day with the mindset of getting the team to Wembley for the play-off final and to win the championship.

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I know the 'big spending club v. smaller club' theme is popular in the Premier League. I don't think about it - we are 30 teams trying to win the championship, and you do what you need to do.

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I would want to start. I want to run out there in front of 20,000 people and get my name announced. I get it. I get that.

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