Coaching has been my entire life.

- Jerry Tarkanian

I'll watch the kids play, have a big steak with my friends, stay in a nice hotel, sign a lot of autographs, then go back to Vegas and tell my alumni …

- Jerry Tarkanian

During the scrimmage, Tarkanian paced the sideline with his hands in his pockets while biting his nails.

- Jerry Tarkanian

The more your players have to think on the basketball court, the slower their feet get.

- Jerry Tarkanian

I told them not to worry about it, since we were going to play indoors.

- Jerry Tarkanian

A lot of coaches want guys to be loose for games. I never wanted them to be loose. I wanted their hands sweating, their knees shaking, their eyes bul…

- Jerry Tarkanian

Yelling doesn't win ball games. It doesn't put any points on the scoreboard. And I don't think words win ball games all the time. Players do. Prepara…

- Jerry Tarkanian

The secret is to have eight great players and four others who will cheer like crazy.

- Jerry Tarkanian

The NCAA is so mad at Kentucky theyre going to give Cleveland State another year of probation.

- Jerry Tarkanian