Ty Lue speaks on being Clippers head coach

Ty Lue speaks for the first time after becoming the head coach of the LA Clippers

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00:00It's been tough, you know, like doc has been my mentor since I've been in the league and coaching and I'm he giving me my

00:05First opportunity so without doc I wouldn't be in this position today

00:09You know, it's a tough loss for all of us as Steve said

00:12With that being said, you know

00:14I've learned a lot from doc

00:16But I've also learned a lot from a lot of other coaches around the league because I'm always studying and I'm always trying to get

00:21Better. I want to be better

00:23So not just learning from doc

00:25But I've learned from other coaches like Spoe and Brad Stevens and you know watching Nick nurse last year

00:30you know thinking outside the box of me had to play boxing one and trying going to and

00:35Bring something new to the NBA and if you stop learning and you stop

00:40Being willing to learn from other people and you won't be successful. So

00:44You know, everything I do is not mine

00:46You know, I take a little bit from each person each coach each great coach Papa rich Bill Jackson

00:52Stand being gunny taught me a lot Scott Scott taught me a lot

00:55Um, so just be able to take from a lot of different coaches and kind of make it your own

01:00That's what I pride myself on