283 Quotes by Steve Alford

It's starting to get to that point now.

I never dreamed I would coach at UCLA. It was not one of those things in my coaching career I thought would happen. It's a tremendous blessing, and I'm going to make the most of it.

You have notebooks, so every day he's going to say things you need to write down and study and learn. The practice sessions are a little different 'cause these are walk-ons trying out.

It?s something coach Knight used to always do. It?s a long season. It?s a grind. Back when I played, there were 18 (conference) games. It gets to be very long and can mentally really wear your team down.

I never in my wildest dreams thought I would get even one play at Indiana, let alone 25 years later, walk Bruin Walk, walk UCLA where Coach Wooden built his legacy.

We're losing five really good seniors. They've been absolutely perfect leaders. They've left a lot for the returning players to work with.

It's not an easy time, it's not an easy day when that happens. It's just hard.

We've already kind of had all the talks that we were going to have.

When good players get going, they're hard to stop, and Jeff's a good player.