Steve Alford
Steve Alford
Stephen Todd Alfordis an American basketball coach and former player who is currently the head coach of the UCLA Bruins men's basketball team...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth23 November 1964
CityFranklin, IN
CountryUnited States of America
dreamed tremendous
I never dreamed I would coach at UCLA. It was not one of those things in my coaching career I thought would happen. It's a tremendous blessing, and I'm going to make the most of it.
born coached dad four grew high literally miles school
I just go back to my roots. I was literally born 26 miles from Martinsville High School where Coach Wooden grew up, and then my dad coached there for four years.
build burdens either food staff stands top ucla
Everything that UCLA stands for, it's top of the food chain. So you either look at those things as burdens or you look at them as blessings. From day one, I've told my staff we're going to look at it as a blessing and do everything we can to build champions.
assume degree freshman seven
A freshman has only about 25% of his degree completed. They go off to play professional basketball, and to assume they will come back and get the degree done five, six, seven years later, I don't see that happening.
You control what you do offensively, defensively. You're controlling who you play, how you want to play.
few james kobe
There are very few LeBron James and Kobe Bryants.
mind places ucla
The two places that I had most imprinted in my mind and in my memory were UCLA and Indiana. To play at one and coach at the other is unbelievable.
dreamed olympics playing
The Olympics is nothing I ever dreamed about. I dreamed about playing for Coach Knight and Indiana.
coming
Sometimes it's forgotten that players are coming to college to get a degree.
One of the things you don't usually mess with is happy.
children dad gotta
My children see me being coach enough. I gotta make sure they see me being dad.
fans good job
It's our job to put a good product out there, and fans will come. If they see a good product, a good style, fans will come.
fixed
It's all about persevering. You know you're going to be tested. If you keep your eyes fixed on Christ, He's going to reward you.
competitor time
I've been in basketball a long time, and nobody is more of a competitor than I am.