Jerry Sloan famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

In 19 years Stockton never once lost a suicide drill in practice. Well, there was one day. He was sick. But he still ran it
-- Jerry Sloan

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Heart is what makes a difference
-- Jerry Sloan

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In my prime I could have handled Michael Jordan. Of course, he would be only 12 years old.
-- Jerry Sloan

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I don't need my players to like me. I need them to play for me
-- Jerry Sloan

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These guys have been criticized the last few years for not getting to where we're going, but I've always said that the most important thing in sports is to keep trying. Let this be an example of what it means to say it's never over.
-- Jerry Sloan

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Basketball is my favorite sport, and I'm also a very passionate football fan.
He who controlleth the backboard, controlleth the game.
There is but one truly serious philosophical problem and that is suicide.
But in the end one needs more courage to live than to kill himself.
You either get the point of Africa or you don't. What draws me back year after year is that it's like seeing the world with the lid off.
The year showed me beyond a doubt that everyone practices cafeteria religion... But the important lesson was this: there's nothing wrong with choosing. Cafeterias aren't bad per se... the key is in choosing the right dishes. You need to pick the nurturing ones (compassion), the healthy ones (love thy neighbor), not the bitter ones.
Iâ€™m not a fan of â€˜write what you know.â€™ If you donâ€™t know, find out. I knew nothing about the Bible before I started writing â€˜The Year of Living Biblically.â€™ That was kind of the point â€“ to learn.
In 1917 European history, in the old sense, came to an end. World history began. It was the year of Lenin and Woodrow Wilson, both of whom repudiated the traditional standards of political behaviour. Both preached Utopia, Heaven on Earth. It was the moment of birth for our contemporary world.
If you imagine writing 1,000 words a day, which most journalists do, that would be a very long book a year.
I am shy to admit that I have followed the advice given all those years ago by a wise archbishop to a bewildered young man: that moments of unbelief 'don't matter,' that if you return to a practice of the faith, faith will return.

Jerry Sloan famous quotes

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