John Chaney
John Chaney
answers good players questions team
Our players on the outside, when they make baskets, it answers a lot of questions for us. When we don't make baskets, we're not a good team at all.
knock
He has no fear. You can knock him down, he's getting up.
books lives turkey worked
He managed a lot of big plantations before he worked for us. As for turkey hunting, he lives it. He could write books about it.
diamond gems greatest kept pressure result understand whether
What I kept pressing upon them is one of the greatest gems there is a diamond. A diamond, whether it's man-made or comes from coal, is a result of pressure. I wanted them to understand the more pressure is put on you, the more of a diamond you can become.
admit culprit felt
Look, I was the culprit here. I admit that. We felt this was the most constructive thing we could do.
anytime bet mean run somebody waiting
It has never been in me to run away from a challenge. Anytime somebody said they are waiting for me, I?m coming. You can bet on that. I?m going to be mean and ornery when I see something that is wrong. And I?m going to try to right it.
heart image
His heart is in the image of his coach.
along ball bounce dribble remember rest somewhere stay talk
They just want to bounce the ball and dribble the ball, but I talk about things that are going to stay with them for the rest of their lives. Somewhere along the line, it will reverberate and they'll remember it.
certainly finish fortunate lead learn nice
They've got to learn how to finish games. We were fortunate enough to get a nice lead and we really didn't finish the way I wanted them to finish. We certainly should not have won.
ability guys
Not just athletes, but guys who have an acumen, an ability to play this game.
bell care following good head ill leaving program rings walk
How am I going to be when the bell rings for the following season? I don't care how old you are, that's always going to be something that's there in your head and in your heart. As long as you know that you're leaving the program in good hands, you can walk away and not have ill feelings.
gonna nobody ready
I don't think so. Nobody is really ready for Duke. But were gonna show up.
care center minutes played playing sure takes watching
For the minutes he played, he played well. I'm sure watching every minute he plays, because I don't want him to have a setback. He's still under doctor's care and he still takes medications. Very often you'll find him hyperventilating, and that's not good. We need him desperately, because we've been playing center by committee. That's not good. I don't like to do that.
came chance gave man people recognize university
I came here to recognize people at this university who gave a 50-year-old man a chance to come and coach.