There are sports writers and commentators who argue over who expressed those words first. Some say it was Publilius Syrus, who was a power forward, I think, for a team in the Italian League. Others credit coach John Dryden for using it in a poetic pregame speech a while back.
There are those who thought the team wasn’t all that serious about upgrading its prospects for NBA championship contention, not after the events — or lack thereof — of the previous offseason, and the dearth of realized action before February’s trade deadline, when it was obvious the Jazz were not talented enough to mount any sort of authentic run at a title.