Famous Quotes & Sayings

Dennis Rodman

There's one thing everyone should understand: I like my character.

Dennis Rodman

Everybody's talking trash these days, so why not keep quiet?

Dennis Rodman

I was confused as a kid. I was confused about my sexual identity.

Dennis Rodman

I couldn't care less if the guy I'm guarding has HIV. I'm going to slam him anyway.

Dennis Rodman

I spent my whole childhood looking for an escape.

Dennis Rodman

Some people want to have controversy between the races.

Dennis Rodman

I'm starting to see players copy what I do. I'm flattered.

Dennis Rodman

They say Elvis is dead. I say, no, you're looking at him. Elvis isn't dead; he just changed color.

Dennis Rodman

For five years I've felt like the best prostitute in a high-class whorehouse. But all the other girls get paid more than I do.

Dennis Rodman

If you're going to have sex, use a condom.

Dennis Rodman

You can love me or you can hate me.

Dennis Rodman

I'm the basketball version of a gravedigger.

Dennis Rodman

I learned a lot I wouldn't have learned roaming the streets of Dallas.

Dennis Rodman

I don't feel anything when I watch Shaquille O'Neal play. I don't feel anything coming off him.

Dennis Rodman

Don't let what other people think decide who you are.

Dennis Rodman

I want to do for rebounds what Michael Jordan did for dunks.

Dennis Haysbert

I played a little basketball, but basketball interfered with theater season. That's when we did our term plays and did nutshell versions of Shakespeare for English classes. And, believe me, I got a fair amount of looks from the guys on the team. 'You're in theater but you can play football?'

Dean Smith

Praise behaviour that you want repeated

Dean Smith

There is a lot of basketball beyond our control, but a player should never let anyone try harder than he does

Dean Smith

One player's selfish attitude can poison a locker room and make it hard, if not impossible, to establish team work

Dean Smith

I only use statistics to reinforce what I already think, or if it's something unusual.

Dean Smith

The key statistic is still to get to the foul line.

Dean Smith

I would never recruit a player who yells at his teammates, disrespected his high school coach, or scores 33 points a game and his team goes 10-10.

Dean Smith

The most important thing in good leadership is truly caring.

Dean Smith

Basketball, more than any other sport, is a team game...about the thousands of small, unselfish acts, the sacrifices on the part of the players that result in team building.

Dean Smith

Any old coach will say the game was meant for finesse. It's a beautiful game, especially on television.

Dean Smith

The most important thing is team morale.

Dean Smith

Always have your players go and pick-up the guy who draws the charge.

Dean Smith

Everyone on the bench stands for the man coming out of the game.

Dean Smith

The best way to build team chemistry is the way Rupp used to substitute, when they fouled out.

Dean Smith

I enjoy basketball. I enjoy coaching basketball. It's the out-of-season stuff I didn't handle well.

Dean Smith

I've always believed in quickness over strength and size.

Dean Smith

I think the real free person in society is one that's disciplined. It's the one that can choose; that is the free one.