Chuck Daly
Chuck Daly
Charles Jerome "Chuck" Dalywas an American basketball head coach. He led the Detroit Pistons to consecutive National Basketball AssociationChampionships in 1989 and 1990, and the 1992 United States men's Olympic basketball teamto the gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth20 July 1930
CitySt. Marys, PA
Chuck Daly quotes about
basketball play going-to-work
If you're going to have to beg them to play, it's not going to work.
basketball two coaching
Defense can't guard two things in a row.
basketball coaching spacing
Offense is spacing and spacing is offense.
basketball winning careers
A lot of guys go through their whole careers and don't win a championship, but are still great coaches.
basketball player coaches
I'm a lot better coach when I have really good players
basketball coaching firsts
The first shot does not beat you.
basketball recovery coaching
Defense doesn't break down on the help, it breaks down on the recovery.
basketball player roles
Players have to buy into your system and be willing to accept the role, you, as the coach, have assigned to them
basketball athlete conditions
Athletes that can't listen, can condition.
basketball art successful
If one of our players gets his second foul in the first half, then he must come out of the game and not re-enter until the second half. To play defense and not foul is an art that must be mastered if you are going to be successful.
american-coach close consulting games number stay totally watch work
I'm still totally involved. I watch most of the games on TV, I've done some consulting work for a number of teams, so I get to stay close to it.
capable equal hard intriguing last maybe team
It's hard to say. I would say they're at least the equal of last year. I think they're much, much deeper. I think they're capable offensively of doing some things that maybe last year's team wasn't. It's an intriguing team.
two years championship
The two championship years were that significant for me.
player careers choices
I've had too lengthy a career and coached too many players to make a choice.