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 most important thing in good leadership is truly caring.
Always have your players go and pick-up the guy who draws the charge.
I wasn't as critical during games as I was at practice. Players needed confidence during games more than criticism.
You should just do the right thing.
A lion never roars after a kill.
Basketball is a beautiful game when the five players on the court play with one heartbeat.
If you make every game a life-and-death thing, you're going to have problems. You'll be dead a lot.
We've got uniforms pants, boots, t-shirts, underwear and toilet supplies,
We don't want to go on strike. Everybody's unified on it.
If you make every game a life and death proposition, you're going to have problems. For one thing, you'll be dead a lot.
I always mean what I say, but I don't always say what I'm thinking.
Basketball is a team game. But that doesn't mean all five players should have the same amount of shots.
Good people are happy when something good happens to someone else.
You should never be proud of doing the right thing. You should just do it.