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
player play tricky
I don't have any tricky plays. I'd rather have tricky players.
asked coaches creatures deal habit knew mile players run six
Coaches are creatures of habit. I knew a coach who got a deal going where his players had to run a mile in six minutes. I asked why. He said, 'gut check'.
sports player psychology
You always catch the wrong players.
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.
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.'
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?