Gary Blair
Gary Blair
Gary Claude Blair is the head coach of the Texas A&M Aggies women's basketball team. In his 26 years as a collegiate head coach, Blair has only suffered one losing season, and has reached postseason play 24 times, including 19 NCAA Tournament appearances, including 2 Final Four appearances in 1998 and 2011. He led the Aggies to the NCAA national championship in 2011. He is listed in the top 35 of the all-time winningest active NCAA Division 1 women's basketball...
difference
She was the whole difference in the ballgame.
court fly quickly
I'm not Batman. I can't fly off the court that quickly to get to the sideline.
finished kids proud
I'm proud of these kids right here, but we're not finished yet.
oklahoma played raise standards
Oklahoma played excellent. We played pretty good. We've got to raise our standards a little bit.
control easy gave half last minutes
The last 10 minutes of the first half were crucial. We didn't take control of the game. We gave up too many easy baskets.
building seize teams
What other teams in the Big 12 are building their men's and women's teams at the same time? You seize this moment.
best cannot country freshman graduated hate maybe might player post stop
You cannot stop her right now. She might be the best post player in the country right now as a freshman after only two months. I'd hate to see her as a senior. Maybe I will have graduated by then.
accept bad carries choice desirable fact good seed yields
Every choice carries a consequence. For better or worse, each choice is the unavoidable consequence of its predecessor. There are not exceptions. If you can accept that a bad choice carries the seed of its own punishment, why not accept the fact that a good choice yields desirable fruit?
cinderella defense funny last learned offense playing second seems team tech tied
This isn't a Cinderella team. This is a team that's playing up to its expectations and you do it with defense first, rebounding second and offense third. It seems kind of funny that we're tied with La Tech for that last spot. That's where I learned all those things.
class deepest freshmen recruiting top
This is the deepest recruiting class that the Big 12 has ever had, top to bottom. These freshmen can play.
coming dogs hot watch
If they're only coming for the hot dogs, let them be there for the hot dogs. They have to watch us.
dog flat hot line
Baylor flat out-played us. I don't know if we were still in the hot dog line or what.
acquiring crucial forgetting knowledge learning outlived simply unlearn
Learning is about more than simply acquiring new knowledge and insights; it is also crucial to unlearn old knowledge that has outlived its relevance. Thus, forgetting is probably at least as important as learning.
blocked cannot constantly crowd moving post rebound separates
She cannot be blocked out. She's constantly moving without the ball. You think you've got her but you don't have her. She's able to rebound in a crowd and that separates her from a lot of other post players.