44 Nick Nurse Quotes for You to Enjoy

Nick Nurse

American Coach

Born: Jul 24, 1967

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Fifty-nine or 54 or 52 or 49 wins isn't going to mean a whole lot. What's going to mean a whole lot to me, our organization, and our fans is how we perform in the playoffs and how deep a run we can make, and that's what we're setting our sights on. Nick Nurse

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I place a lot of value on pace of the game, going after people... always be the aggressor and forcing the issue a little bit when we have the ball, and when we don't have it, we want to come at you, too. Nick Nurse

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

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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. Nick Nurse

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

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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. Nick Nurse

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I don't think when I decided I didn't want to be an accountant any more that I was necessarily saying I wanted to be an NBA head coach. I just really wanted to figure out if I could do it. Nick Nurse

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I think I jumped the gun a bit on head coaching. I got named a head coach at 23, and I really didn't know what I was doing. I remember getting that job and going, 'Oh my God, they gave me the job.' Nick Nurse

I think it's really important that we get an experienced staff. Guys that have been a head coach, to me, at some level is important to me. I value head coaching just because it's good to know what it's like to be the decision maker. Nick Nurse

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