Top 37 Rick Majerus Quotes
#1. Darwinism doesn't explain where gravity comes from. It doesn't explain where thermodynamics comes from. It doesn't explain where the laws of physics come from. It doesn't explain where matter came from.
Ben Stein
#2. My players on defense must have a hand-up on every shot. If not, they run sprints.
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#3. 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.
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#4. Most lay-ups and two foot jump shots around the goal are missed by not putting the ball up high enough on the backboard
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#5. To those who don't think defense is important, you'll get the best seat on the bench.
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#8. I started wearing glasses last season but they're only for basketball games and dirty movies.
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#9. One of the biggest reasons I like coaching college ball is the kids. I feel I can impact players' lives. I like the fact that they're student-athletes. I like to see those kids graduate.
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#10. James Ralston, my guitar player, has performed with Tina Turner for about 22 years. Jim Hanson on bass has played with Johnny Cash, Rodney Crowell and Bruce Springsteen, and they're fantastic musicians and amazing singers they get a really cool vocal sound together.
Vonda Shepard
#11. They talk about the economy this year. Hey, my hairline is in recession, my waistline is in inflation. Altogether, I'm in a depression.
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#12. You aren't in true partnership with him until you give Him what He will never take from you - your will.
Toni Sorenson
#13. 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.
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#14. Switch if you have to! It's not the mismatch that beats you, it's the open shot!
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#15. Look, I haven't had hardly any bad luck. I never look at it that way.
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#17. If you want to have a lot of success, you need to have a lot of failure
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#18. Those to whom defense is not important will have the best seat in the game
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#19. Motherhood is a blissful chain ... I have a mother - my precious gift ... I am a mother - the best of my kind!
Jaachynma N.E. Agu
#20. All things move on, good and bad. Never get too high or too low.
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#21. Never marry a beautiful woman. A beautiful woman will leave you. An ugly woman will leave you, too, but so what?
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#24. Blocking out is everyday, every drill, all the time. We run sprints every time someone does not blockout.
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#25. 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.
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#26. I've had opportunities. But I'm happy at Utah. I can do a lot of nice things and I love the kids. We work hard and we have fun.
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#27. Some of the cruelest men in the world were born with silver tongues. They could charm a bird right out of the sky, only to break its wings. And no men, nice or cruel, offer favors lightly - not strangers. Not to young women. Not without expecting something back in return.
Nenia Campbell
#28. Pro basketball is a very mercenary endeavor.
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#29. Some guys smoke. Some guys drink. Some guys chase women.
I'm a big barbecue-sauce guy.
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#30. I am like that guy on the 'Odd Couple,' and it is not the neat guy. I go into my room and find pieces of pizza under the laundry.
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#32. To win the big games you must get to the Free Throw line, and then you must make them.
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#33. I am kind of the guy you'd expect to be driving an 18-wheeler through town.
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#34. The problem is this. The spread of markets outpaces the ability of societies and their political systems to adjust to them, let alone to guide the course they take
Kofi Annan
#35. Now isn't that nice!' said the old lady. 'If cousins are the right kind, they're best of all: kinder than sisters and brothers, and closer than friends.
Elizabeth Enright
#36. I love Vegas. God knows that I know how to find my way around the buffets in Las Vegas.
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#37. The mismatch is not what gets you beat. What gets you beat is giving up the uncontested, open shot.
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