Dean Smith's Quotes

Basketball is a team game. But that doesn't mean all five players should have the same amount of shots.

If you make every game a life and death proposition, you're going to have problems. For one thing, you'll be dead a lot.

I always mean what I say, but I don't always say what I'm thinking.

I do believe in praising that which deserves to be praised.

As soon as you try to describe a close friendship, it loses something.

I enjoy basketball. I enjoy coaching basketball. It's the out-of-season stuff I didn't handle well.

I just think we shouldn't get into counting coaches' records. I've never been for that... but I know that's just American society.

I know a lawyer who'd love to retire and be an assistant coach. I mean, it's fun.

The presidents of colleges have to have some courage to step forward. You can't limit alcohol in college sports, you have to get rid of it.

There is a point in every contest when sitting on the sidelines is not an option.

Given the fact that we are in a capitalist society, we still do not want to overlook not only what a corporation produces and its profitability but also how it impacts the environment, touches human life and whether it protects or undermines the dignity of the human person.

I'd like to see the high schools put in a rule that limits recruitable athletes from playing on teams outside a 100-mile radius from their home or school.

The best way to stop the problem of agents would be for the NCAA to come down hard and suspend a school for two years if it finds players with agents on campus.