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> [If you are getting into coaching right out of college, you're not one of the coaches because you're not really, like, a coach yet. You're someone who's in limbo all the time. Navigating that is not easy. If you try…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geno-auriemma/if-you-are-getting-into-coaching-right-out-of-college-you-re-not-one/)

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## More by Geno Auriemma

> [So, yeah, I'm going to try to win the national championship next year. But I'm not going to kill myself doing it. I'm not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geno-auriemma/so-yeah-i-m-going-to-try-to-win-the-national-championship-next-year/)

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> [If you are getting into coaching right out of college, you're not one of the coaches because you're not really, like, a coach yet.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geno-auriemma/if-you-are-getting-into-coaching-right-out-of-college-you-re-not-one/)

[Geno Auriemma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geno-auriemma/)

> [Bottom line, you're either a risk taker, or your not, and if you don't take risks, you'll never win big.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geno-auriemma/bottom-line-you-re-either-a-risk-taker-or-your-not-and-if-you-don-t/)

[Geno Auriemma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geno-auriemma/)

> [Barbara said she knew it was in as soon as she shot it. She's told me a lot of lies over the last four…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geno-auriemma/barbara-said-she-knew-it-was-in-as-soon-as-she-shot-it-she-s-told-me/)

[Geno Auriemma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geno-auriemma/)

> [The NBA is all about winning, but at this level (college basketball) winning doesn't make you happy. You can win, and play lousy, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geno-auriemma/the-nba-is-all-about-winning-but-at-this-level-college-basketball/)

[Geno Auriemma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geno-auriemma/)

> [Everything goes in cycles. There isn't anything that lasts indefinitely.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geno-auriemma/everything-goes-in-cycles-there-isn-t-anything-that-lasts-indefinitely/)

[Geno Auriemma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geno-auriemma/)

> [I don't hire good coaches, I hire good people. If they turn out to be good coaches, too, that's a plus.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geno-auriemma/i-don-t-hire-good-coaches-i-hire-good-people-if-they-turn-out-to-be/)

[Geno Auriemma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geno-auriemma/)

> [With the absence of pressure, it's hard to do great things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geno-auriemma/with-the-absence-of-pressure-it-s-hard-to-do-great-things/)

[Geno Auriemma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geno-auriemma/)

> [I've had the privilege of coaching the best basketball team in the history of the world, and that's the USA national team. I've had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geno-auriemma/i-ve-had-the-privilege-of-coaching-the-best-basketball-team-in-the/)

[Geno Auriemma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geno-auriemma/)

> [It's about doing it in a way that it can't be done any better. That is the goal every day.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geno-auriemma/it-s-about-doing-it-in-a-way-that-it-can-t-be-done-any-better-that-is/)

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