Tom Izzo
Tom Izzo
Thomas Michael Izzois an American college basketball coach. Since 1995, he has been the head coach for the Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, presiding over a prolonged period of success. On April 4, 2016, Izzo was elected to the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth30 January 1955
CityIron Mountain, MI
forced tried
He probably tried to do too much because he was forced into that position.
love passion
I don't like the guy. I love the guy. I love his passion for the game.
guard post
He can guard anybody. I'd let him guard a post guy,
everybody job life mine opportunity president understand united whether
It's distracting. I understand everybody has a job to do. I just don't know what you say. You never can be right. . . . Everybody has to look at every opportunity in life whether it's in your profession, mine or the president of the United States.
broke came carried either happened torn
It's better today. I really thought when it happened when they carried him off that it was either broke or torn and all the (tests) came back positive.
league road win
It was a big road win because any road win in this league is a big road win.
brought early kicked took
The disappointing thing is they took it at us early and kicked our butts inside. I'm disappointed, saddened. On this night, they brought it and we didn't.
handled inside kicked team tonight took tougher
The disappointing thing is that they took it at us early, kicked our butts inside. We've never been handled like that inside . . . They were the tougher team tonight and that made the difference.
ball guard hands point time
And has the ball in his hands all the time and has to guard the other point guard. That's even more draining.
christmas elves
It was like Santa's elves working on Christmas day.
battle certain common cry teams
The common battle cry is that it all evens out. It will never even out because you never know which years certain teams are good.
change final good job looking thrown until wins
A good job is not good enough here. A good job is 18, 19 wins. Twenty-two wins is a very good job. But we're looking for championships and Final Fours and that didn't change, and that's not going to change until the day I get thrown out of here. Good is not good enough.
hair
You've got no hair, a lot of hair and some hair,
great guy lose matured played player players playing
You've got a guy like D.J. White, who is not only a great player . . . but he had matured a great deal. You just don't lose players like that and have the same team. I thought Indiana, when we played them, was still playing awfully well.