Quotes from Dwane Casey

There's no disrespect in playing in the G League.

I'm not a big car person. I'm not into lots of fancy things.

Outside the Raptors' organization, I definitely think guys like LeBron James, James Harden and Derrick Rose will show off some great looks. On our team, Kyle Lowry has amazing style. But we have a lot of fashionable guys: Patrick Patterson, Bismack Biyombo and Jonas Valanciunas are all really into fashion as well.

KeyArena was rocking, loud. The Finals in '96, I thought that was loud.

My wife was big in a lot of work in Toronto with charity work.

That really makes you feel good when guys are using some of your terminology and some of your plays in a different country.

It's a different animal when you're in the NBA. You come in this league and you've got 7-footers who play 7 foot who are going to protect that rim come hell or high water.

All winners are edgy. Guys that are pushing themselves are edgy. It's the old saying we have in Kentucky: I'd rather have a guy I have to say whoa to, than giddyup.

I look back and see what life could have been if I hadn't applied myself in basketball, and I'm really thankful for every experience I've had.

That's the problem with our industry: patience. People want instant NBA stars, and that's not going to happen.

I knew I was going to have to work my way back to coaching in the States, and I had a job offer here before I went to Japan, but I thought it was the right thing to get away. I had some friends over there.

You can't have mental breakdowns defensively because teams like Golden State and Cleveland will make you pay dearly.

Basketball is like society - you're going to have good and bad.

In the NBA, it's wins and losses. You don't have to deal with some of the hypocrisy of college athletics.

My grandfather Urey was my hero. He worked three jobs. He had a dry cleaner's factory job in the day and a dry cleaner's factory job at night and when that was done with that, he mopped floors in a restaurant.

Sid Lowe is someone I respect in the league. Knows the game, knows how to teach, great teacher.

I totally can relate to guys going in for job interviews, and not having a tie, not having a white shirt, and that type of thing to wear. That's why I think as coaches we can do things to help. We have plenty, we as NBA coaches and players are all very blessed to be in a profession so that we can provide for.

As you get older, as a father, you hope your kids can make that kind of impression on somebody who will say, 'Hey, here's a guy that you want, a guy of character, got his head tied on right, a good student, a good basketball player,' whatever it is.

In Minnesota, we were caught between rebuilding or trying to continue to build around Kevin Garnett. I got caught right in the middle of that. KG was at an age where he was a good player, but he couldn't carry a team anymore. I think my inexperience as far as being a head coach hurt me there.

Black, white and brown people have to work together to find new answers. The only way we can stop the systemic problems that people of color have faced all our lives is through honesty and transparency.

Growing up it was humble beginnings.

When I first got to Toronto, we were last in defense, 20-something in offense, we were the laughing stock in the Eastern Conference.

When I first became a head coach in Toronto, I was more of a dictator, wanted to do everything, all the development, defense, offense, whatever it was.

I can hold my head high for what we built in Toronto.