--- title: "1 Think Coaches Quotes By Jim Boeheim" description: "1 Think Coaches quotes by Jim Boeheim. Plus more from Jim Boeheim and more Think Coaches sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c10/jim-boeheim-5054_believe_i-kind-of-like-the-idea-of-just-coaching_2178424.jpg" --- > [I kind of like the idea of just coaching, nothing else. But I just think some coaches are better suited for college than the NBA. I believe I'm one of those guys. I think Tom Izzo is one of those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-boeheim/i-kind-of-like-the-idea-of-just-coaching-nothing-else-but-i-just/) [Jim Boeheim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-boeheim/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c10/jim-boeheim-5054_believe_i-kind-of-like-the-idea-of-just-coaching_2178424.jpg) ## More by Jim Boeheim > [The only thing that matters in college basketball is going to the Final Four.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-boeheim/the-only-thing-that-matters-in-college-basketball-is-going-to-the/) [Jim Boeheim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-boeheim/) > [Greensboro's mad at me because I said I'd rather go to New York City for a week. Why would they be mad at me?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-boeheim/greensboro-s-mad-at-me-because-i-said-i-d-rather-go-to-new-york-city/) [Jim Boeheim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-boeheim/) > [If you say something you have to take responsibility for it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-boeheim/if-you-say-something-you-have-to-take-responsibility-for-it/) [Jim Boeheim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-boeheim/) > [Klay Thompson stands out. He's just a tough kid.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-boeheim/klay-thompson-stands-out-he-s-just-a-tough-kid/) [Jim Boeheim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-boeheim/) > [You have to have great players and great coaches working with you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-boeheim/you-have-to-have-great-players-and-great-coaches-working-with-you/) [Jim Boeheim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-boeheim/) > [Against our zone, even really good offensive teams take longer than usual to get into their patterns, maybe 30 seconds. So we're locked into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-boeheim/against-our-zone-even-really-good-offensive-teams-take-longer-than/) [Jim Boeheim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-boeheim/) > [The Final Four is what we play for. That's what we're trying to do. That's what's important.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-boeheim/the-final-four-is-what-we-play-for-that-s-what-we-re-trying-to-do/) [Jim Boeheim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-boeheim/) > [I'm happy that we've won a lot of games. I don't think about it. I don't.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-boeheim/i-m-happy-that-we-ve-won-a-lot-of-games-i-don-t-think-about-it-i-don-t/) [Jim Boeheim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-boeheim/) > [I'd never switch to man-to-man unless we were able to play good man-to-man. Ever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-boeheim/i-d-never-switch-to-man-to-man-unless-we-were-able-to-play-good-man/) [Jim Boeheim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-boeheim/) > [I've said some things that are a little bit off the wall, but I don't run away and hide from them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-boeheim/i-ve-said-some-things-that-are-a-little-bit-off-the-wall-but-i-don-t/) [Jim Boeheim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-boeheim/) > [When you take over at Kansas, they've always won, so you're expected to win.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-boeheim/when-you-take-over-at-kansas-they-ve-always-won-so-you-re-expected-to/) [Jim Boeheim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-boeheim/) > [They don't work with you to get better in the NBA. Either you're ready or you're out and you go to the G-League or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-boeheim/they-don-t-work-with-you-to-get-better-in-the-nba-either-you-re-ready/) [Jim Boeheim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-boeheim/) > [You can't try a man-to-man if you don't practice it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-boeheim/you-can-t-try-a-man-to-man-if-you-don-t-practice-it/) [Jim Boeheim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-boeheim/) > [It's college basketball and there's a certain amount of uncertainty. As an assistant coach, you do the best job you can to win.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-boeheim/it-s-college-basketball-and-there-s-a-certain-amount-of-uncertainty/) [Jim Boeheim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-boeheim/) > [To stay in one time zone and play in a great conference - a great all-around conference, but, specifically, a great basketball conference -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-boeheim/to-stay-in-one-time-zone-and-play-in-a-great-conference-a-great-all/) [Jim Boeheim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-boeheim/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/think-coaches/jim-boeheim/#itemlist", "name": "1 Think Coaches Quotes By Jim Boeheim", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I kind of like the idea of just coaching, nothing else. 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