Abe Lemons
Abe Lemons
A.E. "Abe" Lemonswas an American college basketball player and coach. As a coach at Oklahoma City University, Texas-Pan American University and The University of Texas, he compiled a record of 599 wins and 343 losses in 34 seasons...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth21 November 1922
CountryUnited States of America
american-coach call class fellow finishes graduating last medical school
You know what they call the fellow who finishes last in his medical school graduating class? They call him 'Doctor.'
american-coach clean practice
One day of practice is like one day of clean living. It doesn't do you any good.
american-coach
I don't jog, if I die I want to be sick.
american-coach contest hole
It was a hole in one contest and I had a three.
american-coach romeo
There are really only two plays: Romeo and Juliet, and put the darn ball in the basket.
player play tricky
I don't have any tricky plays. I'd rather have tricky players.
missing damn referee
Damn referees, I'll miss them less than anybody.
football years games
I'd rather be a football coach. That way you only lose eleven games a year.
mistake doctors scholarship
Doctors bury their mistakes, but mine are still on scholarship.
summer winter guy
Coaches who shoot par in the summer are the guys I want on my schedule in the winter.
sports contracts let-me
They wanted to buy out my contract, but I couldn't make change for a $20, so they had to let me stay.
leadership sports drink
I don't understand these new coaches who don't drink. What do they do when they get beat?
basketball college ymca
We did have three go to the YMCA.
retirement days-off trouble
The trouble with retirement is that you never get a day off.