Tom Izzo
Tom Izzo
Thomas Michael Izzois an American college basketball coach. Since 1995, he has been the head coach for the Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, presiding over a prolonged period of success. On April 4, 2016, Izzo was elected to the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth30 January 1955
CityIron Mountain, MI
basketball love-you player
Discipline is the greatest form of love you can show someone. Great players crave discipline
basketball men player
We want men here, not just players. Players are a dime a dozen
two hands wimps
Wimps go up to rebound with one hand, not two.
basketball hate todays-society
Today's society wants to skip the process. And I hate that
michigan states michigan-state
I'm pleased to say I am here for life at Michigan State.
body guard head matter point powerful system
Usually, if the head isn't working, the body dies. It doesn't matter how powerful the body is. And a point guard in our system is the head.
concerned fast few good lose whenever
Whenever you lose a few games, especially when you have a pretty good team, you're concerned about how fast things can slide.
consistent matter putting reinvent somewhere team throughout
What we haven't been is a very consistent team in all those areas. At least we don't have to reinvent the wheel. Somewhere throughout the season, we've done those things. Now it's a matter of putting them together.
george hone michigan percent prepared second state time win
We're going to hone in 95 percent of our time on George Mason. If you don't win the first one, you don't get to the second one. But if you get to the second one and you're not prepared and you don't get out of the weekend, I don't feel like that's where Michigan State is right now.
bring melt people
We bring people from different areas, and they melt into one.
adjust adjusting anyone care coach defensive gonna liked people perceived start teams tried wants worst
This was one of the worst defensive teams I've had. I tried to adjust to people. People are gonna start adjusting to me. ... I don't think anyone wants to be perceived as a jerk. Sometimes a coach wants to be liked. I don't care if I'm liked anymore. We will be tougher.
four happy men strange
This was a strange game. I was as happy as 10 men to only be down only four at halftime.
breaks heel hurt played transition
We played well in spurts and I thought we hurt them with our transition game. We weren't rebounding well enough to get any breaks going in the first half. Rebounding is our Achilles' heel right now.
anybody change checked
We haven't checked anybody yet. That's going to change -- or we're going to find a way to change it.