Rick Majerus famous quotes

Those to whom defense is not important will have the best seat in the game
-- Rick Majerus

#Basketball #Games #Important

One of the biggest reasons I like coaching college ball is the kids. I feel I can impact players lives
-- Rick Majerus

#Basketball #Kids #Player

Blocking out is everyday, every drill, all the time. We run sprints every time someone does not blockout.
-- Rick Majerus

#Basketball #Running #Block

To win the big games you must get to the Free Throw line, and then you must make them.
-- Rick Majerus

#Basketball #Winning #Games

Some guys smoke. Some guys drink. Some guys chase women. I'm a big barbecue-sauce guy.
-- Rick Majerus

#Guy #Sauce #Drink

The mismatch is not what gets you beat. What gets you beat is giving up the uncontested, open shot.
-- Rick Majerus

#Basketball #Giving Up #Coaching

I have friends in Utah who care about me as a person, not for what I am. They'll call to see how my heart is, how my blood pressure is. That's important to me.
-- Rick Majerus

#Heart #Blood #Utah

I started wearing glasses last season but they're only for basketball games and dirty movies.
-- Rick Majerus

#Basketball #Dirty #Games

When I die, they might as well bury me at the finish line at Churchill Downs so they can run over me one more time.
-- Rick Majerus

#Running #Lines #Might

Switch if you have to! It's not the mismatch that beats you, it's the open shot!
-- Rick Majerus

#Basketball #Shots #Mismatch

You must have a passion to coach.
-- Rick Majerus

#Basketball #Passion #Coaching

They talk about the economy this year. Hey, my hairline is in recession, my waistline is in inflation. Altogether, I'm in a depression.
-- Rick Majerus

#Years #Age #Hey

Nobody thought I'd be a great coach. I'm the kind of guy you'd expect to be driving an 18-wheeler through town.
-- Rick Majerus

#Guy #Towns #Driving

If you want to have a lot of success, you need to have a lot of failure
-- Rick Majerus

#Basketball #Needs #Want

Most lay-ups and two foot jump shots around the goal are missed by not putting the ball up high enough on the backboard
-- Rick Majerus

#Basketball #Two #Feet

Pro basketball is a very mercenary endeavor.
-- Rick Majerus

#Basketball #Endeavor #Mercenary

Nobody thought I would be a great coach.
-- Rick Majerus

#Would Be #Great Coach #Coaches

It's good to be in on the action.
-- Rick Majerus

#Action

I really never look at my health issues as 'Woe is me.' I've seen the reality of that. And it's not a pleasant thing.
-- Rick Majerus

#Reality #Issues #Woe

I am a big barbecue-sauce guy.
-- Rick Majerus

#Guy #Sauce #Barbecue

Look, I haven't had hardly any bad luck. I never look at it that way.
-- Rick Majerus

#Luck #Way #Looks

All things move on, good and bad. Never get too high or too low.
-- Rick Majerus

#Moving #Lows #Good And Bad

To those who don't think defense is important, you'll get the best seat on the bench.
-- Rick Majerus

#Thinking #Important #Benches

Some guys smoke. Some guys drink. Some guys chase women. I'm a big barbecue-sauce guy. ... I'm like that guy on the Odd Couple, and it's not the neat guy. I go into my room and find pieces of pizza under the laundry.
-- Rick Majerus

#Couple #Guy #Pieces

Never marry a beautiful woman. A beautiful woman will leave you. An ugly woman will leave you, too, but so what?
-- Rick Majerus

#Beautiful #Beautiful Women #Ugly

My players on defense must have a hand-up on every shot. If not, they run sprints.
-- Rick Majerus

#Basketball #Running #Player

Great shooters are one dribble guys.
-- Rick Majerus

#Basketball #Guy #Coaching

I love Vegas. God knows that I know how to find my way around the buffets in Las Vegas.
-- Rick Majerus

#Las Vegas #Buffets #Way