Famous Quotes & Sayings

She's a competitor - been a basketball player herself. So we don't do anything competitive with cards or monopoly or anything. We just watch movies or watch a ballgame. We keep it like that. We've had our wars before on different things. So we decided it's best we don't do it anymore.

She is going to be a very, very good basketball player.

She is going there to impress an employer. As a professional basketball player, your responsibility is your body, your health and your play. It is somewhat of a job in college when you're on scholarship but even more so at the next level.

She is a very talented basketball player and I don't have a problem with her taking that many shots because in this game it won't go unless you throw it up there, but we just need to make sure when we have a good shot and when we don't.

She really just joined us and has been a nice surprise. She's a basketball player but proved today that she can play softball too.

She knows the game of basketball probably better than any kid I've ever coached. She's a leader on the floor.

She is so basketball savvy on her own. She does so many things on the floor, she is just that smart.

She moved so well without the basketball tonight and you have to compliment our girls because they did a great job looking for her. I?m just thankful the girls did a great job of executing the plays and setting screens for her and getting her a lot of open looks.

She might be a freshman in class but not on the basketball floor. She plays with the same intensity that any upperclassmen does.

She helped me keep things in perspective - on a more even keel, ... She made me understand that basketball was a small part of what we have going.

Most of the time, when we play, the other teams have better athletes, but our players understand if we go out and play fundamental basketball we have a chance to win.

Mike's a better perimeter shooter than Tim. Tim might be the best leader I've ever coached. But they both play the same position and have great knowledge of the game. Mike's kind of old-school. He's a basketball player. He has long arms, a good jump hook, good fakes inside and a knack around the basket.

Mike Perry is a well-respected coach who has brought and will continue to bring distinction to Georgia State's men's basketball program. We look forward to him being with the program for many years to come.

(Missouri State is) too good of a basketball team to have the turnovers we had. Missouri State is big, they're good, and we just need to take care of our opportunities. We let too many of them slip away.

Greg Davis

Matt's friends with all the basketball players, so I guess he just wanted to dribble the ball a little bit on that run,

Me and Nico always played basketball in the summer.

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.

Dean Smith

I wasn't as critical during games as I was at practice. Players needed confidence during games more than criticism.