Quotes from Tyronn Lue

I always like to stay even-keeled and just play the game the right way.

I want to win, and I know I'm supposed to win, but I think the biggest thing for me is I have to do the best job I can do but then also enjoy it.

It's been one heck of a ride. I came into the league playing with Kobe and Shaq and for Phil Jackson. Playing with Jordan. And so, it just has been a blessing. I can't describe it any other way.

I'm blessed just making it to the NBA. That was my first goal and dream. Playing with Kobe and Shaq and for a coach like Phil Jackson, and then going to play with guys like Jordan and Jerry Stackhouse, it's just a crazy experience.

I just can't put the pressure on of winning a championship, winning a championship, because then I'd never be able to sleep.

I've started. I've come off the bench. I've not played. I've been on the worst team in the NBA. I've won championships.

I love the game of basketball; I love coaching. The attention, being on TV, all that stuff, that's not what it's about for me.

I've been collecting jerseys and shoes my whole career.

I hate being on TV, hate dealing with media on TV. All that stuff, I don't like that.

My job as the associate head coach was to make sure the head coach has everything he needs. That's my job. Whatever he needs me to do and whatever I see fit to do to help the team win.

Great players, they always dig deep and have their will to win.

Being broke and poor - I mean, you grow up in the environment I grew up in, grew up hard and grew up poor. Your mom doesn't have a car until you make it to the NBA... no telephone. So, I mean, if you grow up like that, and you're able to make it to this level and be blessed the way I've been blessed, it's always great to give back.

If I tell you there's cheese on the moon, bring the crackers.

When you're prepared, and you do the best you can do, and you put it out there on the floor, you've just got to live with the results.

LeBron is like a coach. He is a coach on the floor. He has a great basketball IQ.

You can tell a guy the truth, and they might hate you for that day, but they'll come back that night and text you, like, 'You know what? You were right.' I just think if you tell guys the truth, they can respect you more.

I always get mad when guys make shots in the first quarter, second quarter, pumping their chest, and then the game on the line, they miss. So you're doing all that for no reason.

I like to fly under the radar. I don't like my name in everything.

I have seen every aspect of basketball that you can see as a player, and I think they can relate to that, and I can understand them.

I'm always watching. I'm watching everybody. San Antonio, Houston, Golden State, Washington, Boston, I'm watching everything. And my mind is always going: it's always running, and you're always trying to get an advantage somehow.

I was just a young kid out of Mexico, Missouri, and then Kansas City, having an opportunity to play at the University of Nebraska, where I grew as a man.

With me, everybody I meet always has a clean slate.

Coming from a small town of Mexico, Missouri, we got 11,000 people. Never seen a celebrity.

I like cars and houses. I have three houses - in Atlanta, in Kansas City and Houston.