Jerry Sloan
Jerry Sloan
Gerald Eugene "Jerry" Sloanis an American former National Basketball Association player and head coach, and a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame. Former NBA commissioner David Stern called Sloan "one of the greatest and most respected coaches in NBA history." Sloan had a career regular-season win–loss record of 1,221–803, placing him third all-time in NBA wins at the time he retired. Sloan was only the fifth coach in NBA history to reach 1,000 victories and is one of two...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth28 March 1942
fold gonna
Because when I get put in a corner, I'm not gonna just fold up like an accordion. I never have. I'll try to do it the right way, and be fair, but I'm gonna put everything I have into it. And if that's not enough, if it doesn't work, fine.
guys hard heart playoffs size
Size doesn't make any difference. Heart is what makes a difference. These guys over there want to make the playoffs more than we do. That's indicated by the way they play, how hard they play.
aware maybe time
I just thought it was an opportune time to do that because maybe he had something in his head, or something was going on that I wasn't aware of.
against anybody belong compete good guy hopes miss people rather
I never like for anybody to miss a game. I think that if you're going to play, you play the best. I've never been one of those people who hopes a guy doesn't play, because I'd rather compete against him. And if you're not good enough, then you don't belong here, anyway.
casual ears looked waxed
They just waxed our ears back pretty good. In the first half, we looked like we were pretty casual about it.
casual focus gets happens kept league lose picks second shots team took
They just kept pecking away at us. We got casual and the shots we took are the shots you don't really like. That's what happens in this league so often, you lose your focus for a second or two and the other team picks it up and gets it back.
deal difficult familiar rhythm shots standing time
They (Jazz players) are not familiar with how to deal with the pressure, and so that's how they've always done it ? overpower people, and get shots off. But you have to make them. Because when we take standing shots that are not really in a rhythm or anything, we have a difficult time (defending) the other end of the floor.
believe people pressure pushed seems
They know what they're doing defensively. They pushed us around and didn't let us do anything. When people put pressure on us, it seems like we just don't believe in an offense.
They've got to do what they've got to do.
These things were going to happen. Greg and I know that. That's just who we are. And we just go about our business.
basket beat came guys hard harder points ran
After we got beat by 30 points over there I didn't know what we would do tonight. I thought our guys came out strong, they ran hard and went to the basket a little harder than they did the other night.
league sell somewhere work
If you don't like this business, you can always go work somewhere else. We've got to try to sell this league any way we can, if it's a positive.
becoming biggest great help lively understanding wild
He's progressed a great deal. The biggest thing was understanding what we're doing. He's a lively guy. A little wild sometimes. But he's becoming more under control, doing more things that really help his teammates.
asking played
He's probably saying, 'Why haven't I played all year? I was asking the same thing.