35 Quotes by Chuck Daly

The less determined and the less motivated weed themselves out.

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

Athletes that can't listen, can condition.

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

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.

It's hard to say. I would say they're at least the equal of last year. I think they're much, much deeper. I think they're capable offensively of doing some things that maybe last year's team wasn't. It's an intriguing team.

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

Defense can’t guard two things in a row.

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