--- title: "4 Michael Cooper Quotes" description: "Michael Jerome Cooper, nicknamed \"Coop\", is an American basketball coach and former professional player who is the head coach of the Cal State Los Angel..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ec/michael-cooper-69924_about_this-whole-thing-s-about-development-not_215145.jpg" --- # Michael Cooper **4** quotes in **58** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Michael Jerome Cooper, nicknamed "Coop", is an American basketball coach and former professional player who is the head coach of the Cal State Los Angeles Golden Eagles men's basketball team. He played for the Los Angeles Lakers during his entire career in the National Basketball Association (NBA), ## Quotes by Michael Cooper > [This whole thing's about development. Not only are we trying to develop players, we're trying to develop ourselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-cooper/this-whole-thing-s-about-development-not-only-are-we-trying-to/) [Michael Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-cooper/) [About](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/about/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ec/michael-cooper-69924_about_this-whole-thing-s-about-development-not_215145.jpg) > [I think sometimes you just need to play in this league. As a rookie coming out of college, you don't understand the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-cooper/i-think-sometimes-you-just-need-to-play-in-this-league-as-a-rookie/) [Michael Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-cooper/) [Being](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/being/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca6/michael-cooper-69924_being_i-think-sometimes-you-just-need-to-play_1418878.jpg) > [It's a unique situation to have, but again they say sometimes talent doesn't win. It has to be brought together right. That's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-cooper/it-s-a-unique-situation-to-have-but-again-they-say-sometimes-talent/) [Michael Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-cooper/) [Again](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/again/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/99d/michael-cooper-69924_again_it-s-a-unique-situation-to-have-but-agai_2483983.jpg) > [I'm changing lineups obviously to give everybody their best opportunity to show what they can do. Just giving everybody their fair chance…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-cooper/i-m-changing-lineups-obviously-to-give-everybody-their-best/) [Michael Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-cooper/) [Assess](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/assess/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9cd/michael-cooper-69924_assess_i-m-changing-lineups-obviously-to-give-e_3178094.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-cooper/#itemlist", "name": "Michael Cooper Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "This whole thing's about development. 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