Gregg Popovich
Gregg Popovich
Gregg Charles Popovichis an American basketball coach who is currently the head coach of the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association. Taking over as coach of the Spurs in 1996, Popovich is the longest tenured active coach in both the NBA and all US major sports leagues. He is often referred to as "Coach Pop" or simply "Pop"...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth28 January 1949
CityEast Chicago, IN
basketball coming fine great job putting respond system team terry
They're a fine basketball team. Terry has done a great job of coming in and putting in a new system and then having the team respond to it.
wants win
Very important. He wants to win one very badly.
ahead bit closer playing
We were playing a lot closer at the end of the season. They're a little bit ahead of us.
who-we-are way
The measure of who we are is how we react to something that doesn't go our way.
jobs kings goal
It's never been my goal to be king of the prom. It's been my goal to do the right thing and get the job done.
home nba-championships play
I'm pleased that they performed as well as they did while we've been in Miami and that's about as far as it goes. Now, we've got to go home and play as well or better.
sports player mtv
We changed our rules. If a player does not have some sot of altercation on or off the court once each month, we fine him...The guys that are our top four scorers, each of them will be required once every two months to appear on MTV. The guys who shoot the worst free throws over a one-month period, next time we have a TV game they're required to look into the camera and beat their chests after they make a good play.
basketball play trying
I asked them if it wasn't too much trouble, if I wasn't being too pushy, if they could execute what we were trying to do. And if it didn't make them too angry, if they also wanted to play some defense on the other end, that would be great.
basketball winning games
You have to make shots to win basketball games and we didn't do that. You also have to get back on defense, so it was a double-whammy.
confused two years
Nothing. I was confused for two years. I didn't understand anything and I'm still confused.
blow player balls
I'm not one to blow smoke at my players. They kicked our butts on the offensive boards. And it's not just because the ball came their way.
basketball simple winning
Basketball is a pretty simple game. What wins is consistency and competitiveness.
basketball next kind
A reporter started off: "I know a lot of this is kind of speculation." Popovich interupting: "You're going to ask me anyway." Reporter: "And you're going to shoot it down." Popovich replied: "Next question."
best miracle playing record
We're not playing well. It's a miracle we have the best record in the West.