Rick Majerus Quotes

• Those to whom defense is not important will have the best seat in the game

  Rick Majerus

  Basketball, Nba, Games

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• Never marry a beautiful woman. A beautiful woman will leave you. An ugly woman will leave you, too, but so what?

  Rick Majerus

  Beautiful, Beautiful Women, Ugly

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• To win the big games you must get to the Free Throw line, and then you must make them.

  Rick Majerus

  Basketball, Winning, Games

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• If you want to have a lot of success, you need to have a lot of failure

  Rick Majerus

  Basketball, Nba, Needs

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• All things move on, good and bad. Never get too high or too low.

  Rick Majerus

  Moving, Lows, Good And Bad

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• One of the biggest reasons I like coaching college ball is the kids. I feel I can impact players lives

  Rick Majerus

  Basketball, Kids, Player

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• Some guys smoke. Some guys drink. Some guys chase women.
  I'm a big barbecue-sauce guy.

  Rick Majerus

  Guy, Sauce, Drink

  Rick Majerus, Gene Wojciechowski (2000). “My Life On a Napkin: Pillow Mints, Playground Dreams and Coaching the Runnin' Utes”, Hyperion

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• When I die, they might as well bury me at the finish line at Churchill Downs so they can run over me one more time.

  Rick Majerus

  Running, Lines, Might

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• Blocking out is everyday, every drill, all the time. We run sprints every time someone does not blockout.

  Rick Majerus

  Basketball, Running, Block

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• The mismatch is not what gets you beat. What gets you beat is giving up the uncontested, open shot.

  Rick Majerus

  Basketball, Giving Up, Coaching

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• They talk about the economy this year. Hey, my hairline is in recession, my waistline is in inflation. Altogether, I'm in a depression.

  Rick Majerus

  Years, Age, Hey

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• Most lay-ups and two foot jump shots around the goal are missed by not putting the ball up high enough on the backboard

  Rick Majerus

  Basketball, Nba, Two

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• Some guys smoke. Some guys drink. Some guys chase women. I'm a big barbecue-sauce guy. ... I'm like that guy on the Odd Couple, and it's not the neat guy. I go into my room and find pieces of pizza under the laundry.

  Rick Majerus

  Couple, Guy, Pieces

  Rick Majerus, Gene Wojciechowski (2000). “My Life On a Napkin: Pillow Mints, Playground Dreams and Coaching the Runnin' Utes”, Hyperion

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• Great shooters are one dribble guys.

  Rick Majerus

  Basketball, Guy, Coaching

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• I started wearing glasses last season but they're only for basketball games and dirty movies.

  Rick Majerus

  Basketball, Dirty, Glasses

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• Look, I haven't had hardly any bad luck. I never look at it that way.

  Rick Majerus

  Luck, Looks, Way

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• I love Vegas. God knows that I know how to find my way around the buffets in Las Vegas.

  Rick Majerus

  Vegas, Gambling, Casinos

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• My players on defense must have a hand-up on every shot. If not, they run sprints.

  Rick Majerus

  Basketball, Running, Player

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• To those who don't think defense is important, you'll get the best seat on the bench.

  Rick Majerus

  Thinking, Important, Defense

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• Nobody thought I'd be a great coach. I'm the kind of guy you'd expect to be driving an 18-wheeler through town.

  Rick Majerus

  Guy, Towns, Driving

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• I have friends in Utah who care about me as a person, not for what I am. They'll call to see how my heart is, how my blood pressure is. That's important to me.

  Rick Majerus

  Heart, Blood, Utah

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• Nobody thought I would be a great coach.

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  Would Be, Great Coach, Coaches

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• Switch if you have to! It's not the mismatch that beats you, it's the open shot!

  Rick Majerus

  Basketball, Nba, Mismatch

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• It's good to be in on the action.

  Rick Majerus

  Action

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• I really never look at my health issues as 'Woe is me.' I've seen the reality of that. And it's not a pleasant thing.

  Rick Majerus

  Reality, Woe Is Me, Issues

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