Don Nelson Quotes

I'm a lot of things, but none of them are great. ~ Don Nelson

I'm the most unracist person around. ~ Don Nelson

Eventually they [Sarunas Marciulionis and Don Nelson] got a call from a representative of the Grateful Dead, whose members had been inspired by Lithuania's struggle for independence. Nelson and Marciulionis showed up at the address they were given in San Francisco, which was a small, nondescript garage. 'I thought we were the victim of a practical joke until we opened the door and there was a state-of-the-art recording studio' says Nelson.

'I still remember the Dead were trying out Beatles covers, doing stuff like "Here Comes the Sun" and "Hey Jude"... but they were just kind of working through things and sounding kind of nasally and, well, maybe there was a little pot going on. So Sarunas pulls me aside and says 'Donnie, no way these guys are famous. They're terrible.' '. ~ Jack McCallum

I spent 50 years in the NBA. Can you imagine doing something that you love the most in the entire world and doing it for your entire life and, besides that, getting a pile of money for it? It's unbelievable. I'm the luckiest guy in the world. And I know it. ~ Don Nelson

I'm passionate about coaching and being able to mentor young men in a lot of different ways. I think it's good to be able to do what you love to do. It's been in me since the beginning. I was telling my college coach what to do and he trusted me. When I got into the NBA, I started having conversations with coaches. (Coach Gregg) Popp(avich) brought a lot out in me. Coach (Don) Nelson gave me an incredible opportunity to spend some time with him and he molded me but at the same time allowed me to be myself. ~ Avery Johnson

When you have bad teams, you've got to be creative to win games you're not supposed to win. ~ Don Nelson

Really, throughout my career, what I've done is taken teams with bad records and with every situation I've made them better. ~ Don Nelson

I'm a running coach and I am going to continue to run, but I would hope that we are better defensively. ~ Don Nelson

They tell us that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself,but I don't believe that." he said.
Then, a moment later, he added: "Oh,the fear is there, all right. It comes to us in many different forms, at different times, and overwhelms us. But the most frightening thing we can do at such times is to turn our backs on it, to close our eyes. For then we take the most precious thing inside us and surrender it to something else. In my case, that something was the wave. ~ Haruki Murakami

Courage of the heart is very rare. The stone has a power when it's there. ~ -The Secret Of Nimh Don Bluth

You fellas don' know what you're doin. You're helpin to starve kids ... You don' know what you're a' doin'. ~ John Steinbeck

When I can focus on something like guitar or painting, I do. I started painting people I admire, like Kerouac, Bob Dylan, Nelson Algren, Marlon Brando, Patti Smith, my girl, my kids. ~ Johnny Depp

Only free men can negotiate. A prisoner cannot enter into contracts. ~ Nelson Mandela

That's the cool thing about horses - they don't have prejudice. They don't care if you're tall or thin or if you're dark or if you're light, or if you're rich or you're poor, if you're handsome or not so handsome. ~ Buck Brannaman

Do not be afraid to love. Remember dear old Don Quixote, viewing the world with love. He saw many beautiful things no one else saw. Try being dear Don Quixote for a day. You'll see that love improves your vision and allows you to see more than your eye has ever seen before. But be forewarned: Those who look on the world with love will need a handkerchief, not to use as a blindfold, but to blow their nose and dry their tears. ~ Bernie Siegel

A carrot is as close as a rabbit gets to a diamond. ~ Don Van Vliet

Why do people need other people so much? Why can't we just do our work and go home? Why do we have to talk and touch and dream together? ~ R.A. Nelson

Tuition at the College-on-the-Hill is fourteen thousand dollars, Sunday brunch included. ~ Don DeLillo

The Church was as concerned with this world as the next: I saw that virtually all of the achievements of Africans seemed to have come about through the missionary work of the Church. ~ Nelson Mandela

Before passage of this [Federal Reserve] Act, the New York Bankers could only dominate the reserves of New York. Now, we are able to dominate the bank reserves of the entire country. ~ Nelson W. Aldrich

How painful will it be that after taking your life, you get to see how close you are to your desired greatness? You get to see the glory you could have enjoyed but you gave it all up. ~ Ikechukwu Izuakor

You came here because we do this better than you and part of that is letting our creatives be unproductive until they are. ~ Don Draper

I don't believe actors who say they don't bleed into their characters. It's absolutely impossible not to. ~ Zoe Saldana

Our differences are our strength as a species and as a world community. ~ Nelson Mandela

We are chained, but you just don't realise it... ~ Deyth Banger

The Bush people have no right to speak for my father, particularly because of the position he's in now (Alzheimer's Syndrome). Yes, some of the current policies are an extension of the '80s. But the overall thrust of this administration is not my father's - these people are overly reaching, overly aggressive, overly secretive, and just plain corrupt. I don't trust these people. ~ Ron Reagan

My Mozart career began as a teenager in Los Angeles, singing arias from 'Le Nozze di Figaro' and 'Don Giovanni.' ~ Danielle De Niese

If you're trying and failing, you're still getting one step closer to success than if you're doing nothing. You don't fail; you only learn what works and what does not. Failure is not an option only learning and getting better. ~ Jeanette Coron

The truth is there are always three choices: the right one, the wrong one and the one that is called "No Choice". As you may guessed, the "No Choice" one is a rule of a bad interpreter. ~ Galina Nelson

Ever notice the word 'rough' in through? There is truth to that, though the way may be rough, we are still able to get through it. ~ Anthony Liccione

Be a collector of good ideas, but don't trust your memory. The best collecting place for all of the ideas and information that comes your way is your journal. ~ Jim Rohn

What these people were trying to create or re-create here in this new world is beyond me. I can't put myself in their minds or their hearts, but I can sympathize with their struggle for an identity, with their puzzlement, which has troubled Americans from the very beginning - Who are we, where do we fit in, where are we going? ~ Nelson DeMille

Just imagine becoming the way you used to be as a very young child, before you understood the meaning of any word, before opinions took over your mind. The real you is loving, joyful, and free. The real you is just like a flower, just like the wind, just like the ocean, just like the sun. ~ Don Miguel Ruiz

Death is the only wise advisor that we have. Whenever you feel, as you always do, that everything is going wrong and you're about to be annihilated, turn to your death and ask if that is so. Your death will tell you that you're wrong; that nothing really matters outside its touch. Your death will tell you, 'I haven't touched you yet. ~ Carlos Castaneda

Our father taught us how to play. He's also our biggest inspiration and he opened our ears to a lot of older music, like Richie Valens, Chuck Berry, Willie Nelson, and Fats Domino. ~ Henry Garza

As with real estate, what matters with bullet holes is location, location, location. ~ Nelson DeMille

Our greatest social responsibility is to demonstrate to all others how to live in this world of hunger, sorrow, and injustice with generosity, dignity, and decency. ~ Chris Ernest Nelson

Only absences were fully shared. ~ Don DeLillo

It's just to let the other one know it can be replaced. ~ Larry Nelson

You may believe whatever you want; but the most important thing is to update your belief with the truth, with the science! Your dearest belief might be the biggest buncombe ever! Don't be sad! Continue your road with the new truth! Everything changes! ~ Mehmet Murat Ildan

130. We cannot read the darkness. We cannot read it. It is a form of madness, albeit a common one, that we try. ~ Maggie Nelson

To actively improve the world
and change your life as well,
speak all the good you know,
and all the bad refuse to tell. ~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Peace is not just the absence of conflict; peace is the creation of an environment where all can flourish regardless of race, color, creed, religion, gender, class, caste or any other social markers of difference. ~ Nelson Mandela