86 Quotes by Dean Smith

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

I would never recruit a player who yells at his teammates, disrespected his high school coach, or scores 33 points a game and his team goes 10-10.

The most important thing in good leadership is truly caring.

Basketball, more than any other sport, is a team game...about the thousands of small, unselfish acts, the sacrifices on the part of the players that result in team building.

Michael, if you can't pass, you can't play.

Any old coach will say the game was meant for finesse. It's a beautiful game, especially on television.

The truly free person in society is a disciplined person.

The flash of rain, the shining rainbow riding completely around the plane, the lift over mountain ridges, the steady, pure air at dawn take-offs. ... It was so alive and rich a life that any other conceivable choice seemed dull, prosaic, and humdrum.

The most important thing is team morale.