Dean Smith Coaching Quotations

I enjoy basketball. I enjoy coaching basketball. It's the out-of-season stuff I didn't handle well.

Good people are happy when something good happens to someone else.

Over coaching is the worst thing you can do to a player.

Only praise behavior that you want to be repeated. Never use false praise.

I've always believed in quickness over strength and size.

The best way to build team chemistry is the way Rupp used to substitute, when they fouled out.

The most important thing is team morale.

The key statistic is still to get to the foul line.

I only use statistics to reinforce what I already think, or if it's something unusual.