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
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
moments played
For the most part, ... he's had his moments where he's played pretty well.
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.
basic basketball came job ready whatever
Their basic job is to get ready to play basketball and I didn't think we came out with that intention, whatever the situation. There are a lot of distractions in basketball.
bit excited guys players playing pulling weeks
These guys are excited about winning. They're excited about playing and pulling for each other. We didn't have that two weeks ago. We didn't have all our players (because of injury). Now we have a little bit of an idea of when our guys will play. Before it was potluck.
asking compete game guys hard
All I'm asking for from these guys is for them to compete hard ... If you like the game enough, this is what you want.
close foul good guy points stop
You've got to get close enough to him to foul him. I wouldn't feel very good about myself if a guy scored a lot of points and I didn't use my fouls to try to stop him.
andre blocked came foul guy kept looked shot stretching
Andre made the big block. He looked like he was going to foul the guy but he kept stretching out his arms. He blocked the shot and came away with the ball.
blocked coming helping kept looked momentum picked seven shots terrific
Andrei was terrific in helping our people. His seven blocked shots were lifesaving coming down the stretch. Their momentum picked up there at the end and we looked a little tired, but he kept us out of trouble.
blocked coming helping life momentum people picked saving seven shots stretch terrific
Andrei was terrific in helping our people (defensively). He had seven blocked shots which was really life saving coming down the stretch because their momentum picked up there at the end.