John Chaney
John Chaney
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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.
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We tried to make them play faster. When you drive your car fast, you are going to get in more accidents.
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We try to teach our kids. As much as I want to win a ballgame, I had two guys on the floor that I took off for that reason. Maybe they will learn a lesson. Maybe it will pay off for us later.
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These youngsters came from not just a humble, but a terrible background. And this university made it possible to reach out and pull in people of that kind of background. That?s something that I came here for. And I?m hoping this university will stay its course.
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There's so much parity in our league that they're all favorites. I think we're the underdogs. Put that out there.
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Villanova could easily be No. 1 in the country. There's nobody that shoots the ball as those four players on the floor, not even Duke.
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There's no question about the difference he makes when he's on the floor. He's increased his minutes on the floor from 10 to 15 minutes. We're always trying to manage his time, getting him to come back slowly. He makes a lot of difference when he's underneath the basket .The other team has to respect him being there. We just didn't have that in earlier games.
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The trend is we don't have a good team. They're a ranked team. They're supposed to beat us.
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I think our talent is as good as anybody's in the league.
I think he makes the difference. I don't know if it's a significant difference, but it's the difference.
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When it suddenly happens, they're going to surprise some people. Believe me, there's some talent on that floor. They're going to get it done. By tournament time, this is not a team I want to play.
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We are blessed to bring back one of the finest young men to play basketball here at Temple University as an assistant coach. Mark is a remarkable man, both on and off the court, and our young players can truly learn something from being around him.
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I'm sending a message, and I'm going to do what we used to do years ago - send in the goons.
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We could not stop the great player in Williams inside. Our big guys are just not tough.