John Chaney
John Chaney
floor guys learn maybe pay teach took win
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.
game ugly win
Any game we win is an ugly win.
approach coaches ended game positive season success trick win
You have to approach every game with a positive attitude. When we've had success in the tournament, we've always ended the season in a positive way. We need to win that first game to get over everything. Win that first game and then it's up to us as coaches to trick them after that.
beating capable committee looks team top win
I think we have to win our tournament. Normally, a committee looks at how you finish. They already have us down as a team that's capable of beating some top teams.
basketball winning guy
I always say to my guys, 'The most important day of your life is today. This very minute is the most important of you life. You must win this minute. You must win this day. And tomorrow will take care of itself.
five forgetting game instead passing role seem talent team telescope
In all my years I've never had a team that's had this much talent in five players. But they seem to see a game out of a telescope instead of binoculars. They don't see the whole floor. They're penetrating when they should be passing. They're passing it when they should be penetrating. They're forgetting the role of every player, and that's to communicate with one another.
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.
ability answer depressed physical
I'm really depressed and upset. When you can't answer with your head, you try to use your physical ability. You can't play like that. You have to use your head.
bone chain dogs fly hope kick meat tie whip
I hope they straighten it out. I hope you get him back. Make him do something. Tie him to a chain and put him out there with the dogs and give him a bone with no meat on it. Do something. If you want me to come and put a whip on his (bleep), I'll do that. Tell him I said it. If you need me to fly up here and kick his (bleep), I'll do it.
good health stay
I'm 73, ... I'll stay as long as my health is good and that's just the truth.
goes guy job time
I'm just a blue-collar guy that goes to work, ... In any job I've ever had, I've never thought about a time when I would leave. I just go to work.
coach common foul hard player takes
It was a common foul. That was all it was. It was a hard foul that every player in the world takes and every coach in the world takes.