Dean Smith Coaching Quotations

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

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

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

The most important thing is team morale.

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

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

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

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

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