George Karl
George Karl
George Matthew Karlis an American former professional basketball coach and former player. He is one of 9 coaches in NBA history to have won 1,000 NBA games...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth12 May 1951
CityPenn Hills, PA
CountryUnited States of America
american-coach basketball dogs fence lower
When you have Ruben Patterson and Reggie Evans out there? When you don't know what play to run, just let them play? Let them go into the backyard, lower the fence and let the dogs go do it.
win
Without Andre, we're done. We can't win without Andre.
trying matter complaining
The truth of the matter is, we're not far away from where we should be. We can complain about the problem or we can go out and solve the problem. I choose to go out and try to solve the problem.
team care doe
Good teams don't care about who scores. Good teams just care about scoring; they don't care who does it.
coke machines rebound
A coke machine can get a rebound in 20 minutes.
basketball cutting player
When your best player puts it on the line every day, the other guys can't cut corners
joyful
In coaching, you don't ever really have that joyful fun, but there's no question that it's enjoyable.
competition goes junk truth
The truth of basketball is done in competition and fundamentals and team, but there's a lot of other junk that goes around the game.
challenge coaches coaching danger days gives highs lifestyle nba seldom sleep three tremendous zone
Coaches don't sleep for a reason. They don't sleep because it's a danger zone every night. Very seldom do you ever get two or three days off... The lifestyle of coaching in the NBA is a tremendous challenge that gives you tremendous highs but also tremendous lows.
consistent truthfully
I truthfully think, a consistent coach over 30 years, probably, I'd rather be that than having one championship and mediocrity for years.
best player
The best player I ever coached was Gary Payton.
code lived
I kind of lived by the code of 'I'm going to be a hard-working guy.' And no matter how successful, there is something I can do better. That's kind of the drive I live on.
games possession prove run wrong
I want to try to prove the world wrong - that you can run and win in the NBA, and you can win big if you keep running. The problem is, can you run for 82 games every minute, every possession of every game?
agents compromise money negotiate paid players
There should not be an entitlement that because you get paid the most money, that you should finish every game. But if you don't do it, then the agents are going to call, and the players are going to mope, and so you negotiate that. It's a compromise as a coach.