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
elementary four grew high
I grew up in Indiana. My first four years of elementary were in the gym where Coach Wooden went to high school.
great iowa opportunity work
I got to work for some great administrators at great institutions, and I had an opportunity to coach great players. Iowa is no different.
business
I don't know anything about the hotel business.
colleges ten towns
The majority of the Big Ten towns are college towns. The colleges are kind of what run the towns.
fixed
If you keep your eyes fixed on Christ, He's going to reward you.
along experience extremely humbling
I've said all along it's a humbling experience being at UCLA. Extremely proud, extremely blessed to be at an institution with all this tradition.
dealing direct handle impact life miss sound
Christian, non-Christian, we're going to miss the mark. We're going to make mistakes. How you handle those mistakes and get more fundamentally sound spiritually in dealing with those mistakes I think have a direct impact - not only on your spiritual life, but those around you.
Every person has a different view of another person's image. That's all perception. The character of a man, the integrity, that's who you are.
coming everybody healthy surprise top
I thought we were going to be pretty good. And I always thought Michigan, with everybody healthy and coming back would be tough. I don't think it's a surprise at all that the two of us are at the top of the league.
early failure game leave majority nature players stories success
I think the majority of the players who leave early aren't successful. You have more failure stories than success stories with that, but that's the nature of our game right now.
control error margin
We still control our own destiny. It's just that our margin of error is lessened. If we go 3?0, there are no ifs, ands or buts.
beat defensive good guarded team third week
We beat a very good team tonight, and we did it by guarding. They guarded us well, too. These are two good defensive teams, for the third week of November.
best fully team understand win
We're at our best when we do things as a team defensively. They fully understand that if we're going to win, we're going to have to win it at that end.
chance last share win
We're down to the last two weeks. Three-and-0, you probably win it outright. Two-and-one, you get a chance to get a share of it. That's why it's going to be very exciting.