Abe Lemons
Abe Lemons
A.E. "Abe" Lemonswas an American college basketball player and coach. As a coach at Oklahoma City University, Texas-Pan American University and The University of Texas, he compiled a record of 599 wins and 343 losses in 34 seasons...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth21 November 1922
CountryUnited States of America
missing damn referee
Damn referees, I'll miss them less than anybody.
best finish maybe people seem
Maybe it would be best for me to finish at 599. People seem to like you better when you finish just short.
american-coach clean practice
One day of practice is like one day of clean living. It doesn't do you any good.
american-coach
I don't jog, if I die I want to be sick.
american-coach contest hole
It was a hole in one contest and I had a three.
american-coach romeo
There are really only two plays: Romeo and Juliet, and put the darn ball in the basket.
american-coach call class fellow finishes graduating last medical school
You know what they call the fellow who finishes last in his medical school graduating class? They call him 'Doctor.'
call finish last league medical school
Finish last in your league and they call you idiot. Finish last in medical school and they call you doctor.
sports player psychology
You always catch the wrong players.
sports new-york oklahoma
You may be big in New York, but in Walters, Oklahoma, you're nobody.
player play tricky
I don't have any tricky plays. I'd rather have tricky players.
football years games
I'd rather be a football coach. That way you only lose eleven games a year.
sports airplane guy
If I make a set of rules, then a guy goes out and steals an airplane. He comes back and says, 'It wasn't in the rules.'
mistake doctors scholarship
Doctors bury their mistakes, but mine are still on scholarship.