Roy Williams
Roy Williams
Hall of Fame men's basketball coach who gathered an incredible 80% winning record at North Carolina and Kansas. He led North Carolina to NCAA Championships in 2005 and 2009.
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth1 August 1950
CityMarion, NC
lucky
I'm as lucky as could be to have those kids.
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It was a fantastic performance for us. I think it was our best basketball of the year.
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They would have beaten y'all's butt, ... but they're not going to beat a lot of other people in our league.
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If people had seen and truly understood what he has meant to us behind the scenes, he may have made the first team.
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In the history of this league, road wins are extremely hard to come by. When you get one, you feel like you've really accomplished something.
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He's tough and he's one of the best leaders I've ever been around. Jumping up there and making those jump shots early, a couple of threes and a couple from the sideline, when we were struggling to score was really important to us.
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How are his spirits? Fine. He had blue socks on, and I kidded him about that. He laughed. I asked him which knee they were going to operate on, and it startled him for a second. But he's in great spirits.
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Her big thing was moving Dallas into the 21st century in terms of race relations and policies that affect housing and public service. She was an advocate for the people.
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If I don't fumble, we win the ballgame. I'm the one who cost us the ballgame. But we have to live with it now. This put something in us. We just have to win every week. This is business. This is real.
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If I get put in the same position, would I make the same tackle? ... Yes. I've been doing it since I was a little kid. It's a secure tackle. I do what I have to do. A tackle is a tackle. You've been taught to bring down an opponent by any means necessary.
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If I ever have one of my teams quit, I will walk out of here and stop coaching. None of our guys are ever going to quit.
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If he was any better looking, I'd want to kiss him after every game. I've never seen a freshman more focused.
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I called for a press, but we did a bad job with it and it was the wrong call on my part. We go down and foul a guy and we are never able to get the score tied after that. It hurts when you feel like you've not given your team the best chance to win.
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I can remember a time when you were a No. 1, No. 2 or No. 3 (seed), the first couple of games you could win without playing well. I don't think you can do that anymore.