Dean Smith
Dean Smith
Dean Edwards Smithwas an American head coach of men's college basketball. Called a "coaching legend" by the Basketball Hall of Fame, he coached for 36 years at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Smith coached from 1961 to 1997 and retired with 879 victories, which was the NCAA Division I men's basketball record at that time. Smith had the 9th highest winning percentage of any men's college basketball coach. During his tenure as head coach, North Carolina won...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth28 February 1931
CityEmporia, KS
CountryUnited States of America
The focus should be on the players. I'm here a long time. You can call me in the summer. Our seniors will be gone.
Motor cut. Forced landing. Hit cow. Cow died. Scared me.
The flash of rain, the shining rainbow riding completely around the plane, the lift over mountain ridges, the steady, pure air at dawn take-offs. ... It was so alive and rich a life that any other conceivable choice seemed dull, prosaic, and humdrum.
The death penalty makes us all murderers.
The coach's job is to be part servant in helping each player reach his goals within the team concept.
What do do with a mistake: recognize it, admit it, learn from it, forget it.
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.
The real issue is not if a crossing is put in, but when. It would be negligent on the part of Union Pacific and the California Public Utilities Commission to not address the problem.
One player's selfish attitude can poison a locker room and make it hard, if not impossible, to establish team work
There is a lot of basketball beyond our control, but a player should never let anyone try harder than he does
Praise behaviour that you want repeated
I know a lawyer who'd love to retire and be an assistant coach. I mean, it's fun.
What he wants to show more than anything else is the fact that they won the game. I think he's really excited about being part of a real good team like the Nets are this year.