Norm Sloan Quotes

#1. I mean it takes a certain kind of maturity to live in the South these days. You don't have it yet, but you have a shadow of the beginnings of it. You haven't the humbleness of mind-"
"I thought the fear of the Lord was the beginning of wisdom."
"It's the same thing. Humility.

Harper Lee

#2. In going for the last shot of the game most people wait too long to take the shot. Give yourself a chance to get the first shot and tap the ball in. Your players are normally inside the defense.

Norm Sloan

#3. As my intimacy with his family grew, I became part of the world which he sought to escape; I became one of the bonds which held him.

Evelyn Waugh

#4. Our conditioning program begins the first day of class. The running portion is very demanding. It has physiological advantages, as well as psychological advantages.

Norm Sloan

#5. Americans are grossly deficient in basic micronutrients and especially those phytochemicals that arm our immune system to fight cancer.

Joel Fuhrman

#6. Help your players to control their emotions - do this through example.

Norm Sloan

#7. What about stakes in the heart?" I asked now.
He frowned, the center of his mouth pursed while its corners curled downward. "Anyone will die from a stake in the heart," he said. "And anyone will die if they're severely burned, including vampires.

Susan Hubbard

#8. I think in England you eat too much sugar and meat and not enough vegetables.

Arsene Wenger

#9. If love was absent, you would not feel disappointed; you would feel indifferent.

Staci Bartley

#10. It's not even a comfort when he's kind about it either, because in a way I don't want him to be. I want him to tell me that I'm no good, and that maybe I should get out of the car and walk in the rain like the tragic heroine of some melodramatic novel.

Charlotte Stein

#11. God forgets the past ... Imitate Him..

Max Lucado

#12. I hate it. It looks like a stickup at 7-Eleven. Five guys standing there with their hands in the air.

Norm Sloan

#13. Practices should be for the players and not the coach. Practices should be fun for the players, positive in nature, and last no more than two hours.

Norm Sloan

#14. Former Olympians also get paid to make appearances. Many of them won their medals in an era when Olympic success didn't go hand-in-hand with financial success.

Mary Lou Retton

#15. I would rather have a player who has mastered two or three moves than to try to teach him six or seven.

Norm Sloan

#16. To be successful you need to have good, happy Players.

Norm Sloan