Chuck Daly Quotes

• If one of our players gets his second foul in the first half, then he must come out of the game and not re-enter until the second half. To play defense and not foul is an art that must be mastered if you are going to be successful.

  Chuck Daly

  Basketball, Art, Successful

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• The less determined and the less motivated weed themselves out.

  Chuck Daly

  Weed, Determined, Motivated

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• Coaching is like flying an airplane, there is going to be a lot of turbulence, but your job is to land the plane safely.

  Chuck Daly

  Jobs, Airplane, Land

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• I'm a lot better coach when I have really good players

  Chuck Daly

  Basketball, Player, Nba

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• Players have to buy into your system and be willing to accept the role, you, as the coach, have assigned to them

  Chuck Daly

  Basketball, Player, Nba

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• Defense doesn't break down on the help, it breaks down on the recovery.

  Chuck Daly

  Basketball, Recovery, Coaching

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• The first shot does not beat you.

  Chuck Daly

  Basketball, Coaching, Firsts

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• Athletes that can't listen, can condition.

  Chuck Daly

  Basketball, Athlete, Conditions

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• Offense is spacing and spacing is offense.

  Chuck Daly

  Basketball, Coaching, Spacing

  "Oklahoma City Adds Precision to Its Already Potent Offense" by Beckley Mason, www.nytimes.com. December 5, 2012.

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• If you're going to have to beg them to play, it's not going to work.

  Chuck Daly

  Basketball, Sports, Nba

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• It's discouraging to make a mistake, but it's humiliating when you find out you're so unimportant that nobody noticed it.

  Chuck Daly

  Basketball, Mistake, Humility

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• Defense can't guard two things in a row.

  Chuck Daly

  Basketball, Two, Coaching

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• I think the Pistons have such a well rounded team, which is why they're so successful. All you have to do is look at the stats defensively and at their rebounding and scoring.

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  Sports, Team, Successful

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• The important thing is to get the right players on the team so Mike can be successful.

  Chuck Daly

  Sports, Team, Successful

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• A lot of guys go through their whole careers and don't win a championship, but are still great coaches.

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  Basketball, Winning, Careers

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• Though I'd have to say it was generally the guys in Detroit, as a group, that won the two Championships. They were terrific and I always look back very fondly.

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  Sports, Two, Guy

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• The two championship years were that significant for me.

  Chuck Daly

  Sports, Years, Two

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• I do some broadcasting and speaking as well.

  Chuck Daly

  Broadcasting, Wells

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• I've had too lengthy a career and coached too many players to make a choice.

  Chuck Daly

  Player, Careers, Choices

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