Occupation: Basketball Coach Birth: October 25, 1940
Al McGuire talked to me I don't know how many times about dealing with the press: "You've got to be a con man." I tried that for a day or so, but it ….
So when I hear a guy after a game-winning home run say or gesture that God was on his side, I think to myself, 'He's saying God screwed the pitcher..
You don't play against opponents, you play against the game of basketball..
I'm not sure sports writing is an art..
And I would be the first to admit that probably, in a lot of press conferences over the time that I have been in coaching, indulging my own sense of ….
During my 40-year coaching career at West Point, Indiana and Texas Tech, my teams reached the Final Four on five occasions, winning the national cham….
I was worried about losing until I looked down the floor and saw Dale Brown. Then I knew we had a chance..
It has always been my thought that the most important single ingredient to success in athletics or life is discipline. I have many times felt that th….
All the years I coached, we sent a card to every professor for each kid I had, and I was able to keep track on a daily basis who cut class or who was….
I think that to stop an offense, you must go to the heart of that offense. If it is a particular move, a screen, the break, an outstanding scorer, wh….
You are never going to be driven anywhere worthwhile, but you sure as hell drive yourself to a lot of great places. It is up to you to drive yourself….
If I came in to recruit your son, I would tell you, your wife, and your son, that I will be the most demanding coach your son can play for..