Rick Majerus
Rick Majerus
Richard Raymond Majeruswas an American college basketball coach. He coached at Marquette University, Ball State University, the University of Utah, and Saint Louis University. Majerus' most successful season came at Utah in the 1997–98 season, when the Utes finished as NCAA national runners-up...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth17 February 1948
CountryUnited States of America
basketball endeavor mercenary
Pro basketball is a very mercenary endeavor.
basketball running player
My players on defense must have a hand-up on every shot. If not, they run sprints.
basketball shots mismatch
Switch if you have to! It's not the mismatch that beats you, it's the open shot!
guy towns driving
Nobody thought I'd be a great coach. I'm the kind of guy you'd expect to be driving an 18-wheeler through town.
heart blood utah
I have friends in Utah who care about me as a person, not for what I am. They'll call to see how my heart is, how my blood pressure is. That's important to me.
basketball passion coaching
You must have a passion to coach.
would-be great-coach coaches
Nobody thought I would be a great coach.
gambling las-vegas casinos
I love Vegas. God knows that I know how to find my way around the buffets in Las Vegas.
basketball needs want
If you want to have a lot of success, you need to have a lot of failure
running lines might
When I die, they might as well bury me at the finish line at Churchill Downs so they can run over me one more time.
moving lows good-and-bad
All things move on, good and bad. Never get too high or too low.
basketball giving-up coaching
The mismatch is not what gets you beat. What gets you beat is giving up the uncontested, open shot.
couple guy pieces
Some guys smoke. Some guys drink. Some guys chase women. I'm a big barbecue-sauce guy. ... I'm like that guy on the Odd Couple, and it's not the neat guy. I go into my room and find pieces of pizza under the laundry.
years age hey
They talk about the economy this year. Hey, my hairline is in recession, my waistline is in inflation. Altogether, I'm in a depression.