Dean Smith Team Quotes & Sayings

One player's selfish attitude can poison a locker room and make it hard, if not impossible, to establish team work — Dean Smith

Michael, if you can't pass, you can't play. — Dean Smith

Basketball, more than any other sport, is a team game ... about the thousands of small, unselfish acts, the sacrifices on the part of the players that result in team building. — Dean Smith

The most important thing is team morale. — Dean Smith

The best way to build team chemistry is the way Rupp used to substitute, when they fouled out. — Dean Smith

Dean Bartoli Smith's Never Easy, Never Pretty will help satisfy the hunger of so many Baltimore Ravens fans wishing to re-live the club's remarkable 2012 title year. It's a virtual play-by-play re-enactment. But, more than that, it's about the long love affair that's consumed so many in Baltimore, which commenced with a team called the Colts and continues, strong as ever, with the beloved Ravens. — Michael Olesker

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

The coach's job is to be part servant in helping each player reach his goals within the team concept. — Dean Smith

I would never recruit a player who yells at his teammates, disrespected his high school coach, or scores 33 points a game and his team goes 10-10. — Dean Smith