(15 quotes found)
“Finish last in your league and they call you idiot. Finish last in medical school and they call you doctor.”
Abe Lemons
“The trouble with retirement is that you never get a day off.”
“There are really only two plays: Romeo and Juliet, and put the darn ball in the basket.”
“I never substitute just to substitute. I play my regulars. The only way a guy gets off the floor is if he dies.”
“Damn referees, I'll miss them less than anybody.”
“It was a hole in one contest and I had a three.”
“One day of practice is like one day of clean living. It doesn't do you any good.”
“I don't jog, if I die I want to be sick”
“Coaches are creatures of habit. I knew a coach who got a deal going where his players had to run a mile in six minutes. I asked why. He said, 'gut check'.”
“I had a team where nobody could run it in six minutes and we won the NIT [National Invitation Tournament of New York].”
