Football Quotes by Tom Izzo

Players play, tough players win,

— Tom Izzo

You have to learn how to compete.

— Tom Izzo

I just think some things are bigger than basketball.

— Tom Izzo

Usually players make the most progress in the summer between their freshmen and sophomore seasons.

— Tom Izzo

Most of the time people play zone because they've got lazy guys.

— Tom Izzo

I guess I was a decent basketball player - pass first, pass second, shoot third... pretty good defensively.

— Tom Izzo

There's efforts to win games and there's efforts to win championships.

— Tom Izzo

A player gets into the Hall because of his abilities. A coach gets in because of his players' ability.

— Tom Izzo

I think it's a shame that all we talk about is the one-and-done players.

— Tom Izzo

In 2009 we were pretty good but North Carolina would have beaten some NBA teams that year.

— Tom Izzo

I'm leaning more and more towards three points from a 3-point shooter is worth one more than a basket from the center.

— Tom Izzo

We've gone to Final Fours as one seeds, we've gone there as five seeds. I think every Final Four we've been in…

— Tom Izzo

I think we all are coaches in our own respect because we have to try to figure out a way to help…

— Tom Izzo

When you know your players are doing the right things in the locker room, the dorm room, on the plane, it makes…

— Tom Izzo

Sometimes if you have two or three at the top it makes the league look good, of course. But the real value…

— Tom Izzo

I think any time you're playing for a championship, that's a whole other area. You play for the one and done, then…

— Tom Izzo

You tell your players all the time: 'Be part of the solution, not part of the problem.' I think I'm in a…

— Tom Izzo

We're past the days of Vince Lombardi, where you say jump and I ask: 'How high?' But you still have to find…

— Tom Izzo

All that being a college coach has done, is it's reaffirmed the need to take care of our young people. They're the…

— Tom Izzo

Football and basketball have similar problems and similar positives.

— Tom Izzo

All I've got to make sure I do is what's best for my team and the university I work at. I want…

— Tom Izzo

It's easy to become a better basketball player but harder to become a better teammate or person.

— Tom Izzo

I've always said I wanted to be somewhere where basketball and football were really good together.

— Tom Izzo

I'm not a football coach; sometimes I'd like to be - you can grab guys by the facemask, you can yell at…

— Tom Izzo