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
broadcasting wells
I do some broadcasting and speaking as well.
two years championship
The two championship years were that significant for me.
basketball play going-to-work
If you're going to have to beg them to play, it's not going to work.
player careers choices
I've had too lengthy a career and coached too many players to make a choice.
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.
sports two guy
Though I'd have to say it was generally the guys in Detroit, as a group, that won the two Championships. They were terrific and I always look back very fondly.
sports team successful
The important thing is to get the right players on the team so Mike can be successful.
basketball player coaches
I'm a lot better coach when I have really good players
team successful thinking
I think the Pistons have such a well rounded team, which is why they're so successful. All you have to do is look at the stats defensively and at their rebounding and scoring.
basketball coaching firsts
The first shot does not beat you.
mistake humility discouraging
It's discouraging to make a mistake, but it's humiliating when you find out you're so unimportant that nobody noticed it.
basketball recovery coaching
Defense doesn't break down on the help, it breaks down on the recovery.