May Iba Quotes & Sayings

Treat each player as your own son/daughter if you can ... the parents have invested in you. — Henry Iba

I remember when I went to try out for the Olympic team in 1972, Coach Iba told me he didn't care how many points I could score because if I couldn't guard anybody, I wasn't going to make the team. I knew to make the team I had to become a better defender. If you can play offense, you can defend. It just comes down to competitive will. — Doug Collins

I played for the best coach who ever lived, Henry Iba. I wasn't intimidated by Adolph Rupp. — Don Haskins

Think and then act. Never act and then alibi. — Henry Iba

Unless you plan to out-rebound and out-shoot everyone you play, then you better learn to handle the ball. — Henry Iba

You must be sure that you give back something that's beneficial to the game. Any of the teaching you do must be for the benefit of the men who play. — Henry Iba

Don't let a week go by without conferences with each player, you can't teach it all on the floor. — Henry Iba

We are not going to play them; they are going to play us. — Henry Iba

I'm not against taking shots, but I am against taking bad shots. — Henry Iba

People are like stars in the Milky Way. There are millions of them. There are big, small, dead, and dying stars out there. Hindi ikaw ang nag-iisang bituin d'yan sa langit, kaya hindi sa'yo umiikot ang mundo. Puweding makinang ka ngayon, pero asahan mong parating may darating na mas makinang pa sa'yo. Malaki ang posibilidad na mawala sa'yo ang atensiyon ng iba, pero tandaan mo ang isang bagay.

"Whatever happens, you're still a star. There will still be people looking at you, admiring your beauty, and wishing for great things to happen to them with your help. You can't let them down, so you have to continue shining for them. You have to show them directions. That's what stars are for. — Luna King

Everyone should want to excel in life. You should never take the desire to excel away from the human race. — Henry Iba