“Trying to keep it in perspective? Yes. Real patient? No.”

— Tom Crean (basketball coach)

As quoted in "Crean on : rebuilding the tradition of Indiana basketball" by David Burkart in IUplanet Newsletter (7 October 2007) http://iuplanet.com/forum/indiana-basketball-news/20261-crean-rebuilding-tradition-indiana-basketball.html
Context: I'd like to get a lot done in a short period of time.... Your head coach won’t be real patient. Trying to keep it in perspective? Yes. Real patient? No.

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