Larry Brown
Larry Brown
Prolific basketball coach who led 8 NBA teams into the playoffs, won the NCAA Championship with Kansas and won an NBA Championship with Detroit.
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth14 September 1940
good harder older
The older you get the harder it is, ... I'm not a good flier. I'll take my Valium when we get to Florida.
life therapy year
After a year in therapy my psychiatrist said to me, "Maybe life isn't for everyone
coach forward gave last looking opportunity sooner win
After last night, ... I'd be looking forward to coach any game. We gave away a real opportunity to win a game, and so the sooner we play, the better I feel.
bed romantic sure woman
The most romantic a woman ever said to me in bed was; ""Are you sure you are not a cop?
acquiring added assist exciting help level player talent veteran
Acquiring a player of Steve's level and talent is very exciting for this team. In Steve, we have added a veteran that could help us in many areas, and assist with our young players' development.
acquiring exciting level player talent
Acquiring a player of Steve's level and talent is very exciting for this team.
hard run spirit teams
Story of our season. When teams make a run at us, it's very hard to find the competitive spirit you need to get back in games.
bottom eventually five guys happy line nine rotation
The bottom line is we don't have a rotation, we don't know who can play. So it's going to take time. Eventually we're going to have an eight- or nine-man rotation and we'll probably have nine happy guys and five that are unhappy.
ball call maybe points rest score shoot team walk year
As I told the team, maybe we'll walk the ball up the rest of the year and call a play every time, so the other team can't score 120 points and shoot 57%.
supposed
That's fun. That's the way we're supposed to play.
cut fully guys importance lead maybe pass saw understand
Once we cut the lead to seven, it's like I never saw a pass after that. We have a lot of young guys who maybe don't fully understand the importance of the little things.
awhile beginning hopefully next rest shut sudden time
Dr. Callahan told me let's shut it down awhile and give him some time to rest because he hasn't done anything (like this) in two years, ... It's a lot different than working out on your own and then all of sudden being in this kind of environment. So we're going to shut it down a little bit. Hopefully he'll be back the beginning of next week. We'll know a lot more then.
act aggressive came few game people run tried trying
During the game I tried to run a few things for him and he said he couldn't. He was trying to get other people involved, so I just told him to be aggressive and act like you're trying to score. He was struggling, but he came through under the circumstances.
home trouble
Antonio would be in a lot more trouble if he went home and hadn't done anything.