<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">With one minute and 17 seconds remaining, the chant began. The Jazz had long ago ensured what would be an eventual 101-79 win over the Dallas Mavericks on Monday night at EnergySolutions Arena, and what remained of a sellout crowd of 19,911 fans wanted to be certain that the final few moments were all about the man about to notch his 1,000th NBA coaching victory. Jerry Sloan's reaction to hearing "Jerry, Jerry," on the night he joined Lenny Wilkens, Don Nelson, Pat Riley and Larry Brown in reaching the milestone plateau? "That's better than hearing 'em boo me," he grumbled. Sloan, rest assured, wanted nothing to do with the plaudits and praise. "All the stuff that goes on with it is not what basketball is about," he said after improving his record, which includes three seasons with the Chicago Bulls and 19 now in Utah, to 1,000-663. "Never has been, as far as I'm concerned. "It's about the players, and always will be. I just happened to be in a situation where numbers came up, and I'm still here. So, so be it." Try telling that, though, to all of those who recognized Sloan's accomplishment in their own special way.</div> <div align="center">Source</div>
