Quotes from Dean Smith

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

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

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

The focus should be on the players. I'm here a long time. You can call me in the summer. Our seniors will be gone.

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

There is a point in every contest when sitting on the sidelines is not an option.

Praise behaviour that you want repeated

Only praise behavior that you want to be repeated. Never use false praise.

Everyone on the bench stands for the man coming out of the game.

I'd never get elected if people in North Carolina realized how liberal I am.

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

A leader's job is to develop committed followers. Bad leaders destroy their followers' sense of commitment.

The best way to stop the problem of agents would be for the NCAA to come down hard and suspend a school for two years if it finds players with agents on campus.

I wasn't as critical during games as I was at practice. Players needed confidence during games more than criticism.

The death penalty makes us all murderers.

If you make every game a life-and-death thing, you're going to have problems. You'll be dead a lot.