Larry Brown
Larry Brown
Prolific basketball coach who led 8 NBA teams into the playoffs, won the NCAA Championship with Kansas and won an NBA Championship with Detroit.
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth14 September 1940
example excellent facility initiative transition
This new facility is an excellent example of how a school-to-work transition initiative should be orchestrated.
good harder older
The older you get the harder it is, ... I'm not a good flier. I'll take my Valium when we get to Florida.
life therapy year
After a year in therapy my psychiatrist said to me, "Maybe life isn't for everyone
audition guys help worried
This is an audition now. I'm not worried about egos. I'm going to play the guys I think can help us.
step
This is a big step back. It was unbelievable.
coached
They said I was OK. I went to practice. I coached the game. I'm fine. It's a non-issue.
certainly difficult figure hard steve trying
They've been all right. It's been hard to figure out who has to have the ball. It's certainly got to be more difficult for Steve because he hasn't been here, doesn't know a lot of the things that we're trying to do.
beat coached drum game last respect succeeded
They used to beat us like a drum when I was with Indiana, ... And I told our team, 'Let's just get him to uncross his legs.' And we succeeded in the last game I coached at Indiana. But I have a lot of respect for what he's done.
best darn difficult lose overcome
They started out pretty darn good, but when you lose an Allan Houston, you know, your best player, it's pretty difficult to overcome that.
behind hard played points shots stuck time
They scored 30 points every quarter. They executed great. They made shots and we had a hard time guarding them all night. They played great, Calderon was great, he got everyone involved. We were stuck behind all night.
bring guys
A lot of guys didn't bring it tonight. We had a lot of guys who were just out there.
game happen love played seem thousand
A lot of things that happen off the court, that I don't think are big deals, here seem to be magnified a thousand percent. It's part of it. But that's why I love being here, because if you ever played the right way, our game will be better for it.
beginning committed determine extra good guts guys hustle maybe
A lot of what you just said is going to determine who's going to play. The guys that are committed to hustle back, make the extra pass, take the good shot, are probably the ones who are going to be out there in the guts of the game, or maybe at the beginning of the game.
fault fourth great guys horrendous quarter trying
They made plays. We didn't make plays. That's been our MO I can't fault the effort. Guys are trying to win. We just had a horrendous fourth quarter and they had a great fourth quarter.