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George Karl was named the recipient of the Red Auerbach Trophy as the 2012-13 NBA Coach of the Year on Wednesday.

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SOUNDBITE (English): George Karl, Denver Nuggets head coach
"Throughout so much of what I've done through the years of coaching is, my friends in the fraternity of coaching has been a blessing, it's been a gift, it's been a honour to be a part of it and now I have to stand for a year to be representative of the greatness of great coaches in the NBA."

SOUNDBITE (English): George Karl, Denver Nuggets head coach
"I think when I came back from cancer I just wanted to come back and prove that I could coach and was ok - I didn't know if I would last a year or six months or whatever it's been now, four or five years. It's a, I think everybody has their life-changing experiences. Unfortunately I was so stubborn and stupid that I had to have cancer twice before I woke up a little bit."

SOUNDBITE (English): George Karl, Denver Nuggets head coach
"We have a great, young basketball team that is growing, that got better this season, that improved at such a fast rate that we got maybe too cocky and too ahead of ourselves. And the coaches fall into the category too. We're, none of us are happy with the result but I think we're also motivated by the challenge."