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American - Coach October 14, 1910 - June 4, 2010

Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who'll argue with you.

Life Wisdom You Yourself People

All of life is peaks and valleys. Don't let the peaks get too high and the valleys too low.

Life High Low Get

Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be.

Change Failure Might Fatal

A coach is someone who can give correction without causing resentment.

Someone Without Coach Who Give

Just do the best you can. No one can do more than that.

Best You More Just

What you are as a person is far more important than what you are as a basketball player.

You Important Basketball Person

It isn't what you do, but how you do it.

Be prepared and be honest.

Be Prepared Honest Prepared

Winning takes talent, to repeat takes character.

Character Talent Winning Repeat

I'd be satisfied just coaching in high school. I turned down a number of colleges when I was teaching in South Bend, Indiana, before I went into the service. I honestly believe that if I hadn't enlisted in the service, I would never have left high school teaching. I'm sure I would have never left.

Service Believe School Down

I had three rules for my players: No profanity. Don't criticize a teammate. Never be late.

Never Late Rules Three

I'd rather have a lot of talent and a little experience than a lot of experience and a little talent.

Experience Talent Than Little

When you hurry you're more apt to make mistakes. But you have to be quick. If you're not quick you can't get things done.

You Mistakes Done Things

Somebody asked me - you know, how come it took you so long to win a national championship? And I said, 'I'm a slow learner; but you notice when I learn something, I have it down pretty good.'

Good Me You Long

Well, your greatest joy definitely comes from doing something for another, especially when it was done with no thought of something in return.

Joy Thought Doing Your

We can have no progress without change, whether it be basketball or anything else.

Change Progress Basketball Without

Earn the right to be proud and confident.

Proud Confident Right Earn

Don't give up on your dreams, or your dreams will give up on you.

Dreams You Your Dreams Will Your

Don't let making a living prevent you from making a life.

Life Money You Living

Consider the rights of others before your own feelings, and the feelings of others before your own rights.

Feelings Your Own Others

Failure is never fatal. But failure to change can and might be.

Change Failure Never Might

Discipline yourself, and others won't need to.

Yourself Discipline Need Others

The most important thing in the world is family and love.

Love Family World Important

I think that in any group activity - whether it be business, sports, or family - there has to be leadership or it won't be successful.

Family Leadership Sports Business

I'm no wizard, and I don't like being thought of in that light at all. I think of a wizard as being some sort of magician or something, doing something on the sly or something, and I don't want to be thought of in that way.

Light Think Way Thought

In the end, it's about the teaching, and what I always loved about coaching was the practices. Not the games, not the tournaments, not the alumni stuff. But teaching the players during practice was what coaching was all about to me.

Me Loved Practice End

Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Coach

Born: October 14, 1910

Died: June 4, 2010

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