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
basketball men player
We want men here, not just players. Players are a dime a dozen
lockers rooms championship
Championships and great seasons are won in locker rooms.
basketball love-you player
Discipline is the greatest form of love you can show someone. Great players crave discipline
basketball giving parent
We are in the trophy generation.Give them a trophy for 23rd place.That makes the parents happy
basketball taken guy
I haven't always recruited for the best talent. I've taken a few guys who would fit for different reasons. Leadership. Toughness
winning player play
Players play, tough players win,
giving discipline needs
Discipline is the highest form of love. If you really love someone, you have to give them the level of discipline they need.
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.
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.
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.