The phrase was then attributed to Bullets coach Dick Motta, who had borrowed it during Washington's successful 1978 title run.
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The Yale Book of Quotations later concluded that it first appeared in print in 1976, attributed to Texas Tech sports information director Ralph Carpenter, and was a variation on an old Southern saying.
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