53 Insightful Quotes By Dean Smith That Will Keep You Focused
Good people are happy when something good happens to someone else.
If you treat every situation as a life and death matter, you'll die a lot of times.
Basketball is a team game. But that doesn't mean all five players should have the same amount of shots.
I'd never get elected if people in North Carolina realized how liberal I am.
There is a point in every contest when sitting on the sidelines is not an option.
I always mean what I say, but I don't always say what I'm thinking.
I think the real free person in society is one that's disciplined. It's the one that can choose; that is the free one.
Given the fact that we are in a capitalist society, we still do not want to overlook not only what a corporation produces and its profitability but also how it impacts the environment, touches human life and whether it protects or undermines the dignity of the human person.
I do believe in praising that which deserves to be praised.
You should never be proud of doing the right thing. You should just do it.
The presidents of colleges have to have some courage to step forward. You can't limit alcohol in college sports, you have to get rid of it.
I know a lawyer who'd love to retire and be an assistant coach. I mean, it's fun.
The best way to stop the problem of agents would be for the NCAA to come down hard and suspend a school for two years if it finds players with agents on campus.
I'd like to see the high schools put in a rule that limits recruitable athletes from playing on teams outside a 100-mile radius from their home or school.
I just think we shouldn't get into counting coaches' records. I've never been for that... but I know that's just American society.
Our teachers at the public school level are the most underpaid for the importance of their job in America.
I enjoy basketball. I enjoy coaching basketball. It's the out-of-season stuff I didn't handle well.
Basketball is a beautiful game when the five players on the court play with one heartbeat.
As soon as you try to describe a close friendship, it loses something.
What do do with a mistake: recognize it, admit it, learn from it, forget it.
A leader's job is to develop committed followers. Bad leaders destroy their followers' sense of commitment.
The best way to build team chemistry is the way Rupp used to substitute, when they fouled out.
I only use statistics to reinforce what I already think, or if it's something unusual.
The truly free person in society is a disciplined person.
Play hard. Play smart. Play together.
The coach's job is to be part servant in helping each player reach his goals within the team concept.
If you make every game a life-and-death thing, you’re going to have problems. You’ll be dead a lot.
If you do what we ask you to do, the victories will belong to you, and the losses to me.
Michael, if you can't pass, you can't play.
I wasn't as critical during games as I was at practice. Players needed confidence during games more than criticism.
