Chuck Daly
Chuck Daly
Charles Jerome "Chuck" Dalywas an American basketball head coach. He led the Detroit Pistons to consecutive National Basketball AssociationChampionships in 1989 and 1990, and the 1992 United States men's Olympic basketball teamto the gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth20 July 1930
CitySt. Marys, PA
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I think in order to repeat, in will be an emotional ride and whether they can remain focused through a lengthy six weeks to the championship.
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It's hard to say. I would say they're at least the equal of last year. I think they're much, much deeper. I think they're capable offensively of doing some things that maybe last year's team wasn't. It's an intriguing team.
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I'm still totally involved. I watch most of the games on TV, I've done some consulting work for a number of teams, so I get to stay close to it.
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If one of our players gets his second foul in the first half, then he must come out of the game and not re-enter until the second half. To play defense and not foul is an art that must be mastered if you are going to be successful.
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Athletes that can't listen, can condition.
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The less determined and the less motivated weed themselves out.
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Defense doesn't break down on the help, it breaks down on the recovery.
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Players have to buy into your system and be willing to accept the role, you, as the coach, have assigned to them
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It's discouraging to make a mistake, but it's humiliating when you find out you're so unimportant that nobody noticed it.
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The first shot does not beat you.
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I'm a lot better coach when I have really good players
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Offense is spacing and spacing is offense.
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A lot of guys go through their whole careers and don't win a championship, but are still great coaches.
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Defense can't guard two things in a row.