I believe that good defense embodies seven cardinal principle: reduce the number of your opponent's shots; force your opponent into low percentage shots; control everything within 18 feet; eliminate second shots; no easy baskets; point the ball on all long shots; and prevent the ball from going into the pivot man.
If a Coach is determined to stay in the coaching profession, he will develop from year to year. This much is true, no coach has a monopoly on the kno… - Adolph Rupp
If a Coach is determined to stay in the coaching profession, he will develop from year to year. This much is true, no coach has a monopoly on the kno…
- Adolph Rupp
I believe that good defense embodies seven cardinal principle: reduce the number of your opponent's shots; force your opponent into low percentage sh… - Adolph Rupp
I believe that good defense embodies seven cardinal principle: reduce the number of your opponent's shots; force your opponent into low percentage sh…
He who controlleth the backboard, controlleth the game. - Adolph Rupp
He who controlleth the backboard, controlleth the game.
If they don't let me coach, they might as well take me to the Lexington cemetery. - Adolph Rupp
If they don't let me coach, they might as well take me to the Lexington cemetery.
I wouldn't give one iota to make a trip from the cradle to the grave unless I could live in a competitive world. - Adolph Rupp
I wouldn't give one iota to make a trip from the cradle to the grave unless I could live in a competitive world.
We're never as good as we think we are, nor as bad as we think we are. - Adolph Rupp
We're never as good as we think we are, nor as bad as we think we are.
I know I have plenty of enemies, but I'd rather be the most-hated winning coach in the country than the most-popular losing one. - Adolph Rupp
I know I have plenty of enemies, but I'd rather be the most-hated winning coach in the country than the most-popular losing one.
Your defense will save you on the nights that your offense isn't working. - Adolph Rupp
Your defense will save you on the nights that your offense isn't working.
I've always envied the kind of coach who could go completely out of his mind and nobody would know the difference. - Adolph Rupp
I've always envied the kind of coach who could go completely out of his mind and nobody would know the difference.
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