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
earn fights gave good starting works
I don't know if it's good or bad, but we kind of gave him the starting job. He didn't really earn it. He'll be just fine. It's good for him to see different things and for us to see how he works through it, how he fights back.
call hard leadership toughness work
I don't know if you call it leadership or what have you. But he's just got some toughness about him. He's had to work hard and those are the things you can't make someone do. You have to want to do that.
looked playoffs team trying wants
I didn't know who was still trying to make the playoffs. They looked like the team that wants to be in the playoffs and we looked like we don't want to be there.
floor hard knocked played terrific trying year
I didn't know (which team) was still trying to make the playoffs. They knocked us around. They put us on the floor when we went in (the paint). They were terrific defensively. They played as hard as anyone's played us all year long.
moments played
For the most part, ... he's had his moments where he's played pretty well.
basketball player needs
I don't need my players to like me. I need them to play for me
sports mean winning
These guys have been criticized the last few years for not getting to where we're going, but I've always said that the most important thing in sports is to keep trying. Let this be an example of what it means to say it's never over.
funny basketball years
In my prime I could have handled Michael Jordan. Of course, he would be only 12 years old.
heart differences making-a-difference
Heart is what makes a difference
basketball suicide years
In 19 years Stockton never once lost a suicide drill in practice. Well, there was one day. He was sick. But he still ran it
begin game hard shot time took
He took off like the game was all his, to begin the ballgame. He shot every time he got it. And, fortunately, he made it. So it's hard for you to say too much in that situation.
behind great guys remember shape year
He's in much better shape than a year ago. One of the important things for guys to remember is to be in great shape, so if you do have something go wrong, you don't get yourself behind to start.
ball bench defensive passed pressure sitting wide
I could have passed the ball into Yao sitting on the bench he was so wide open. He got what he wanted and we didn't put any defensive pressure on him.
current glad involved jazz karl statue street today
I'm really glad today for Karl Malone. But (the current Jazz players) weren't involved in (the celebration) that much. They weren't out there on the street (during the statue unveiling).