Chuck Daly Quotes

#1. I do some broadcasting and speaking as well.

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#2. The important thing is to get the right players on the team so Mike can be successful.

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#3. Coaching is like flying an airplane, there is going to be a lot of turbulence, but your job is to land the plane safely.

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#4. The first shot does not beat you.

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#5. Players have to buy into your system and be willing to accept the role, you, as the coach, have assigned to them

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#6. The two championship years were that significant for me.

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#7. Athletes that can't listen, can condition.

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#8. I'm a lot better coach when I have really good players

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#9. Defense doesn't break down on the help, it breaks down on the recovery.

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#10. 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.

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#11. Defense can't guard two things in a row.

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#12. To some degree. I know I couldn't do it anymore.

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#13. A lot of guys go through their whole careers and don't win a championship, but are still great coaches.

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#14. I've had too lengthy a career and coached too many players to make a choice.

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#15. Offense is spacing and spacing is offense.

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#16. 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.

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#17. 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.

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#18. The less determined and the less motivated weed themselves out.

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#19. It's discouraging to make a mistake, but it's humiliating when you find out you're so unimportant that nobody noticed it.

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#20. If you're going to have to beg them to play, it's not going to work.

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#21. There's nothing like being involved with a team that can go that distance.

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