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
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(The regular season) is 16 games over two or three months, as opposed to three games over one weekend. It's more difficult to win the regular season.
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I just think that makes it more appalling in that Lincoln stood for ... equality for all,
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I really do believe Monday night's game will be great for college basketball. Larry Brown 's Pistons last year made a statement in the NBA about playing the game a certain way -- sharing the ball, being a team. .... I'm hoping the way we play, the way Illinois plays, that people will decide that truly is what's most important, not just one guy shooting or one guy high-flying around.
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I'll go for a nice, brisk walk - brisk meaning the temperature, not my pace.
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I hoped that we would really play well, I hoped we would really play hard, and I hoped that would help us be very successful. But there's still a lot out there. We're hoping and dreaming that we won't stop right now.
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Hey guys, the head coach of the school is right over here.
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I really didn't think he was going to throw the ball. He threw that ball and my eyes lit up. The rest is history.
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I quit in eighth grade 'cause this one pitcher had no control, hit me dead in the side.
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I never try to have expectations, I always have hopes. My hopes are always high. I feel very fortunate to coach a wonderful group of kids.
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I'm as lucky as could be to have those kids.
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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.