Joe Dumars Quotes

You're going to always deal with tough coaches... But a lot of the time you're playing as you're dealing with them. And so it's easier to deal with it. The tough part is when you're not playing. That was his biggest hurdle. - Joe Dumars

You don't get an overabundance of calls from people who are looking to make these great deals with you. - Joe Dumars

Who are we going to get that, if something does happen to Chauncey, is going to lead us to a championship? You're up the creek without a paddle anyway. - Joe Dumars

When you have a team like we have right now, it's very important the person that you're handing the team over to is qualified and is going to have your respect from day one. I'm very comfortable, Mr. D (owner William Davidson) is very comfortable, we're all very, very comfortable handing the keys to this team over to Flip. We know he's up for the challenge. - Joe Dumars

When you are a kid, all you do is look up to the guys in front of you. I wanted to go out and be those guys. I don't think any of us in here can go back and think of a day like this. - Joe Dumars

When you are a kid you look up to the guys in front of you. You don't get to this place in life with only one or two people helping you. I thank my parents for raising me in the manner they did and all the other people along the way. - Joe Dumars

We've been able to negotiate with guys because they understand this is something special and they want to be a part of it. Maybe they could squeeze a few dollars more out of somebody else, but they realize that the few extra dollars they may get won't trump what's going on here. - Joe Dumars

We're sitting here with 107 consecutive sellouts because we win. My personal belief is that winning supersedes everything. - Joe Dumars

We wish him the best and good health going forward. - Joe Dumars

We will be in the market to add depth at the point guard position. If we can't, we still have four guys who can handle the backup point guard position. - Joe Dumars

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