Dean Smith

Our teachers at the public school level are the most underpaid for the importance of their job in America. ”

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

I'd like to see the high schools put in a rule that limits recruitable athletes from playing on teams outside a 100-mile radius from their home or school. ”

I know a lawyer who'd love to retire and be an assistant coach. I mean, it's fun. ”

If you make every game a life and death proposition, you're going to have problems. For one thing, you'll be dead a lot. ”

The presidents of colleges have to have some courage to step forward. You can't limit alcohol in college sports, you have to get rid of it. ”

I enjoy basketball. I enjoy coaching basketball. It's the out-of-season stuff I didn't handle well. ”

I always mean what I say, but I don't always say what I'm thinking. ”

As soon as you try to describe a close friendship, it loses something. ”

Given the fact that we are in a capitalist society, we still do not want to overlook not only what a corporation produces and its profitability but also how it impacts the environment, touches human life and whether it protects or undermines the dignity of the human person. ”