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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At first, I don't even know if he knew what two plus two was. He was really lost out there. And now with repetition and experience out there on the football field, you can tell he's really settled down and he knows what's going on now.
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As we grow together, man, we just hope there's no stopping us. There's a lot of mismatches. ... That's what this game is all about, trying to find those mismatches.
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a big stepping stone... builds our confidence. It was a great win, and something we can build on.
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As of the end of 2005, in total broadcast revenues, the market only grew 3.8 percent.
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As long as they're both right-handed, it's no difference. It's just my comfort zone. I'm comfortable with 3 (Harrington). That's who I came in with. Whoever is in there, we got to make it work.
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That?s what makes this tournament, in my opinion, the greatest sporting event there is.
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That's what makes this tournament in my opinion the greatest sporting event in the world. Nobody probably thought they could beat Michigan State and North Carolina back to back. But that's college basketball.
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That's happened to me a few times during my career. Generally speaking, most of the time it's the players who determine everything, anyway. We can run the same plays, but if their players do a better job of execution than mine do, they're going to win. If mine do a better job, then we're going to win.
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That one hurt for a long time, ... It made me, over the course of that summer, sit back, try to investigate myself, try to see if there was something I was doing wrong, see if my goals were right. At that time, I decided my new No. 1 goal was going to be live long enough to coach my grandchildren.
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You never know when your freshmen come in how hard they're going work, how they're going to adjust to bigger, quicker players. His work ethic was something I thought was really good and it's far surpassed even what I thought. He's a phenomenally gifted kid who wants to get better, who treats every play like the last and you don't find many freshmen who do it like that.
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You don't want to give him no space to move around. He's got quick feet and great vision. I respect him a lot, but I don't fear him.
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They played with great purpose and passion. I was scared to death of them, to be honest with you. In saying that, I still thought we were going to win the game.
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They're a top-ranked defense, but they didn't show it today. I'm not saying that they're not very good, but they just didn't show it today. We had our way with them from the first jump to the end of the whistle. ... We made some strides for next year.
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Anybody that runs up and down the court.