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
game loved people tried
I loved the way he was aggressive, ... I loved the way he tried to get other people involved. I loved the way he tried to guard. I told the people before the game he would play great.
caught coaching expected games hope people race trying won
I never expected this. But again, I don't get caught up in records. It's disappointing, obviously, that we've only won 19 games and we're not in the race for the playoffs, but the only thing you can keep doing is trying to get better, keep coaching and hope that people understand.
anyone comments conference enjoyed listen loved parts people philly playing press
I listen to some of the comments on WIP - they're playing parts of the press conference - and I can see where people would read into things. But if anyone was at the press conference, I think would sense how much I enjoyed Philly and how I loved working for those people.
people understand
It's important to me that you give something back to our sport, ... and people here understand the right way to play.
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.
people team
What's the criteria? Make your team better. Then look at the record, the people around them and then make a decision.
establish hurt normal people
We've had so many people hurt at different times we've never been able to establish any normal rotations.
aggressive coming heard people
Coming in the league, a lot of people have heard he wasn't aggressive or physical, and with all rookies, he'll be challenged,
blessed coach coaches good happens happier people players privilege taught time
I've been blessed with the players I've had the privilege to coach as well as with coaches that have taught me. I know every time something good happens to me, those people are happier than I am.
coaching everywhere individual people problem
This is not an individual sport. Everywhere I went it's about team. I've been coaching the same way my whole life. I never had a problem getting people to understand.
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.
coaching contender franchise garden people played
You're coaching a storied franchise, ... I want to see this franchise respected, being a contender every year, having people come to the Garden and saying, 'Man, they played the right way.'
came cautious flu gave people permission stay worse
I got the flu and some people thought it was worse than that, so Lisa was being cautious and told me to stay away, Isiah told me to stay away, and when she gave me permission to come back I came back.
across everybody people trying value win
I don't know what people can do yet in a lot of cases. What I'm trying to get across to everybody is, this is what we value as a group, and this is how we can win games. We're trying to see who's on the same page.