Top 33 Tyronn Lue Quotes

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

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.

As far as being on the officials every five minutes, it’s just not good for the game. The officials don’t like it; you embarrass them, so it’s just not good. Now, every now and then they might make a bad call, but officiating is hard.

Dealing with LeBron is like a friendship. Coaching, but he understands that I am the boss, and I am going to call the shots, and he is fine with that.

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.

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 try not to be a typical athlete.

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’m not the type of guy who wants the credit.

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

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.

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

I don’t like the media attention.

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.

You work to make sure that, in the game, everybody knows where they’re supposed to be at, and sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. But if you put them in a position to be successful, that’s all you can ask for.

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

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

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

It’s tough coming out of Nebraska, where you’re the man and you have to score, to going to the guy that sets the team up and being a role player.

All I know is basketball, and I’m sure a lot of guys in the locker room, all they know is basketball. So, they have to enjoy it.

If you give all your effort and all the fight and all the heart you got, it doesn’t necessarily mean you’re going to win, and that’s what’s tough about sports.

I don’t like when people come out and say ‘sources say’ and this and that. Listen, if you can’t put your name behind it, then don’t say it. I don’t believe in that.

If you win as a unit, everybody gets credit for it.

I don’t want to be a coach. I see how hard that is.

Things just always seem to happen and work out for me.

The Stepover definitely made me famous. The thing with Allen Iverson is, he made me.

I have a job to do, and I’m going to do my best.

I had a great relationship with Coach Nee. I liked Doc Sadler a lot.

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.

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.

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

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.

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