H 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Law is king of all. — Henry 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

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

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