Hey, I'm just looking for an excuse to retire so I can play summer league baseball, go coach my nephews, play pickup basketball. I've always had that ability to move on to the next thing.
When your teammate looks you in the eye and holds you accountable, that's the greatest kind of leadership there is
I did volleyball, basketball, and track all through high school. And then I went to junior college and I stuck with track because I was good at shot put and discus. And then I got a full ride to Fresno State for their track program. Shot put was my main thing. I was the five-time All-American, and I set a couple records.
Those Europeans, they know how to negotiate.
In football they measure forty-yard sprints. Nobody runs forty yards in basketball. Maybe you run the ninety-four feet of the court; then you stop, not on a dime, but on Miss Liberty's torch. In football you run over somebody's face.
Go from good to great because good is the enemy of great.
Nobody travels better than Northern State fans and nobody knows the game better than Northern State fans. If I'd die and went to heaven and I was coaching, it would be at Wachs Arena.
You have to learn to play with what you've got.
We sure didn't play great, but we played hard. And I can live with that.
Ten minutes after you lose that last game, you start working on next season.
We have 2,500 students and an 8,000-seat basketball arena. You do the math on how important basketball is in Aberdeen.
Put your two best players away from the ball and bring it back to them.
There is a lot of difference at McDonald's between the guy in the back making the fries and the manager up front who is running the place.
Can your player make a curl cut and score in the lane? If so, he is the cutter.
If I cover my head with my hands, it means deny the ball to the opponent's ball handler.
We have to get a lot tougher. If you get involved in a street fight, you can't lay down in the street and act like you're dead because they will kill you for sure. You might as well get up and fight.
Time doesn't fly when you are not happy.
You have to learn things in every game because you are not going to be able to practice two-and-a-half to three hours (during the season), so the games have to be the ultimate learning experience.
Successful basketball coaches are those that subscribe to a system that is based on sound fundamental teachings.
Sometimes the best recruits are the ones you don't get.
In the end, what your own troops do is more important than who they are marching against.
I tell everyone that I have 25,000 assistant coaches. If I want to know something, I just go to the grocery store.'
The only thing success should do is make you more humble.
I am very excited to be the head women's basketball coach at Beloit College, ... This is a great opportunity for me. I am looking forward to putting my stamp on the program. I am confident that I can and will be successful here.
Well, (Michael) Jordan was definitely one of the kings of the game. There's no question that he was one of the more dominant figures. If you look at the top ten players of all time, he was certainly one of the most dominant guys.
