Alford Quotes & Sayings

Was he not inaugurated as President amidst the waving of flags and the sounds of trumpets, only to be martyred, as Christ was, because of his services for the lowly? — Terry Alford

When I played with Michael Jordan on the Olympic team, there was a huge gap between his ability and the ability of the other great players on that team. But what impressed me was that he was always the first one on the floor and the last one to leave. — Steve Alford

Fans will come if you have a good product. — Steve Alford

Christian, non-Christian, we're going to miss the mark. We're going to make mistakes. How you handle those mistakes and get more fundamentally sound spiritually in dealing with those mistakes I think have a direct impact - not only on your spiritual life, but those around you. — Steve Alford

I know not if the dark or bright shall be by lot; if that wherein my hopes delight be best or not. — Henry Alford

It's been an unbelievable thing for me to walk Bruin Walk and walk past Coach Wooden's statue, a guy that when I was in elementary school, it's Coach Wooden winning his final championship, his 10th in 12 years. — Steve Alford

It is not a word too much to say that the New Testament abounds with errors. — Dean Alford

The praying stopped, and Alford turned from that far near distance and walked out on to the veranda alone, thinking still of that self beyond his reach in a faraway place, as a loss, as something he had been deprived of. But how do you feel the loss of a self that you did not have to lose? How can you lose an Africa you did not know? But that was what he felt: the loss of not having had that loss to lose. — Earl Lovelace

My children see me being coach enough. I gotta make sure they see me being dad. — Steve Alford

There are certain people in our business that you don't replace - Bob Knight, Dean Smith, Mike Krzyzyewski, and you don't replace John Wooden, either. — Steve Alford

You create shots for yourself by what you do without the ball more than what you do after you get it — Steve Alford

Elegance of language may not be in the power of all of us; but simplicity and straight forwardness are. Write much as you would speak; speak as you think. If with your inferior, speak no coarser than usual; if with your superiors, no finer. — William P. Alford

David Alford technique that does NOT serve expression leads to exibitionism. — Agrippina Vaganova

I feel blessed that I had an opportunity to be in the Big Ten for four years as a player and be in the Big Ten as a coach for eight years. To get 12 years in a conference like the Big Ten - it's a first-class league with great towns and great fans. — Steve Alford

If you keep your eyes fixed on Christ, He's going to reward you. — Steve Alford

We earnestly recommend young men to read what has been to ourselves a truly delightful work. — Dean Alford

I grew up in Indiana. My first four years of elementary were in the gym where Coach Wooden went to high school. — Steve Alford

Contrary to popular opinion, manners are not a luxury good that's interesting only to those who can afford to think about them. The essence of good manners is not exclusivity, nor exclusion of any kind, but sensitivity. To practice good manners is to confer upon others not just consideration but esteem; it's to bathe others in a commodity best described by noted speller Aretha Franklin. — Henry Alford

Every person has a different view of another person's image. That's all perception. The character of a man, the integrity, that's who you are. — Steve Alford

Alford was going to start this fast the same way he had started everything else, alone and uncertain — Earl Lovelace

A freshman has only about 25% of his degree completed. They go off to play professional basketball, and to assume they will come back and get the degree done five, six, seven years later, I don't see that happening. — Steve Alford

I don't know anything about the hotel business. — Steve Alford

I never in my wildest dreams thought I would get even one play at Indiana, let alone 25 years later, walk Bruin Walk, walk UCLA where Coach Wooden built his legacy. — Steve Alford

I never dreamed I would coach at UCLA. It was not one of those things in my coaching career I thought would happen. It's a tremendous blessing, and I'm going to make the most of it. — Steve Alford

When I was a freshman and sophomore, I got booed every time I was put in the game. Then, in my junior and senior years, my dad got booed every time he took me out. — Steve Alford

There are very few LeBron James and Kobe Bryants. — Steve Alford

You and I
By Henry Alford
My hand is lonely for your clasping, dear;
My ear is tired waiting for your call.
I want your strength to help, your laugh to cheer;
Heart, soul and senses need you, one and all.
I droop without your full, frank sympathy;
We ought to be together - you and I;
We want each other so, to comprehend
The dream, the hope, things planned, or seen, or wrought.
Companion, comforter and guide and friend,
As much as love asks love, does thought ask thought.
Life is so short, so fast the lone hours fly,
We ought to be together, you and I. — Langston Hughes

The majority of the Big Ten towns are college towns. The colleges are kind of what run the towns. — Steve Alford

The Olympics is nothing I ever dreamed about. I dreamed about playing for Coach Knight and Indiana. — Steve Alford

I just go back to my roots. I was literally born 26 miles from Martinsville High School where Coach Wooden grew up, and then my dad coached there for four years. — Steve Alford

Jabari Parker is one of the best, if not the best, I've seen on tape. He's so hard to guard. You've got to guard from 23 feet. He can shoot it, or he can go one-on-one from there. He can post. He's so fast and long. — Steve Alford

You control what you do offensively, defensively. You're controlling who you play, how you want to play. — Steve Alford

I got to work for some great administrators at great institutions, and I had an opportunity to coach great players. Iowa is no different. — Steve Alford

The two places that I had most imprinted in my mind and in my memory were UCLA and Indiana. To play at one and coach at the other is unbelievable. — Steve Alford

Sometimes all we want is for another person to hear us. — Mimi Alford

Il faut suivre ta boussole [You must follow your compass], as we say in French. Do what feels right to you, then figure out how to earn a living at the same time. — Jeffrey Alford

One of the things you don't usually mess with is happy. — Steve Alford

I've been in basketball a long time, and nobody is more of a competitor than I am. — Steve Alford

Sometimes it's forgotten that players are coming to college to get a degree. — Steve Alford

I'm a Christian first. I'm a family guy second. As much as I like coaching, as much as I like basketball, it's third, fourth, or fifth down the line. — Steve Alford

It's our job to put a good product out there, and fans will come. If they see a good product, a good style, fans will come. — Steve Alford

Law is king of all. — Henry Alford

We try to stress the little things because little things lead to big things. — Steve Alford

I've said all along it's a humbling experience being at UCLA. Extremely proud, extremely blessed to be at an institution with all this tradition. — Steve Alford

That first group of Manchester players allowed me to enjoy coaching at a very young age that motivated me to do it. If it wasn't good, I might have made a career change. — Steve Alford

Everything that UCLA stands for, it's top of the food chain. So you either look at those things as burdens or you look at them as blessings. From day one, I've told my staff we're going to look at it as a blessing and do everything we can to build champions. — Steve Alford

A stray, unthought-of five minutes may contain the event of a life, and this all-important moment - who can tell when it will be upon us? — Dean Alford

Any state that justifies and defends the use of torture claims for itself special rights over any other consideration. — Stephen Alford