Chuck Daly famous quotes

03-24-2025

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
Athletes that can't listen, can condition.
-- Chuck Daly

#Basketball #Athlete
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.
-- Chuck Daly

#Sports #Two #Guy
The important thing is to get the right players on the team so Mike can be successful.
-- Chuck Daly

#Sports #Team #Successful
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
The two championship years were that significant for me.
-- Chuck Daly

#Years #Two #Championship
I do some broadcasting and speaking as well.
-- Chuck Daly

#Broadcasting #Wells
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.
-- Chuck Daly

#Team #Successful #Thinking
I've had too lengthy a career and coached too many players to make a choice.
-- Chuck Daly

#Player #Careers #Choices
The less determined and the less motivated weed themselves out.
-- Chuck Daly

#Weed #Determined #Motivated
I'm a lot better coach when I have really good players
-- Chuck Daly

#Basketball #Player #Coaches
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 #Roles
If you're going to have to beg them to play, it's not going to work.
-- Chuck Daly

#Basketball #Play #Going To Work
The first shot does not beat you.
-- Chuck Daly

#Basketball #Coaching #Doe
Defense doesn't break down on the help, it breaks down on the recovery.
-- Chuck Daly

#Basketball #Recovery #Coaching
Defense can't guard two things in a row.
-- Chuck Daly

#Basketball #Two #Coaching
Offense is spacing and spacing is offense.
-- Chuck Daly

#Basketball #Coaching #Spacing
A lot of guys go through their whole careers and don't win a championship, but are still great coaches.
-- Chuck Daly

#Basketball #Winning #Careers
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

#Mistake #Humility #Discouraging

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