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
learn trying
It's tough, absolutely. We just have to learn from it and just keep trying to get better.
younger
I wanted to play some of the younger kids. I didn't think there was a way we were going to get back in that ballgame, the way it was going.
eight facing publishing took work
It took me about eight years to work my way up to publishing the first book, that first collection, Facing the Music.
nephews nieces people york
It went great. We had probably between 150 and 175 people because that's what we set it up for. We had nieces and nephews from New York at the event.
guy guys odd player until worried
It's odd when you see a big-name player (on the market), but I'm not worried about that until I see the guy on our team. I've got to think about how I can make these young guys better.
dry looks next
It looks pretty dry for the next week.
committed games guys hard left locker matters playing room saw share trying
It matters a lot. We got 18 games left and I didn't see any (selfishness) and I saw guys trying to win, trying to share the ball. I saw them playing hard and that's all we can do from now on. We got to find out who in that locker room is committed to doing that every night. That's the thing that's so important.
amazing games puts
It's a pretty amazing memorial. It puts games in perspective, I think.
anybody game hate
It was the kind of game where you hate to see anybody lose.
great
It's a great feeling. When you look at this league, to be in it this long, you feel lucky.
feeling great guys jobs knew lose mom thousand
It's a great feeling (that) my mom knew where I was one thousand nights. When you look at this league, at how many guys get jobs and lose jobs, you feel pretty lucky.
coach meant move people rest sorry teammates
I told him I wanted him to listen. I told him I appreciated the way he cheered for his teammates at the end of (Wednesday's) game. It meant a lot. I was sorry that the crowd, some of the people booed him. And I told him I just wanted him to let us coach him the rest of the year. He's not going anywhere, and let's move on.
anywhere coach deal move present rest year
I told him I just wanted him to let us coach him the rest of the year and he's not going anywhere and let's move on. Let's deal in the present and not in the past.
open passing selfish shot taking
I told (Nate) it's just as selfish not taking an open shot as it is not passing the ball.