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# Bill Fitch

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William Charles Fitch was an American professional basketball coach in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He developed multiple teams into playoff contenders and won an NBA championship with the Boston Celtics in 1981. Before entering the professional ranks, he coached college basketball at

##  Quotes by Bill Fitch

> [Sometimes you wake up in the morning and wish your parents had never met.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-fitch/sometimes-you-wake-up-in-the-morning-and-wish-your-parents-had-never/)

[Bill Fitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-fitch/)

[Curmudgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/curmudgeon/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ec/bill-fitch-72748_curmudgeon_sometimes-you-wake-up-in-the-morning-and_131976.png)

> [Even though he lived on the beach in college, he didn't have a tan. Now that's a serious player!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-fitch/even-though-he-lived-on-the-beach-in-college-he-didn-t-have-a-tan-now/)

[Bill Fitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-fitch/)

[Beach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beach/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d3/bill-fitch-72748_beach_even-though-he-lived-on-the-beach-in-col_387848.png)

> [ Going into a game against Lew Alcindor \[later Kareem Abdul-Jabbar\] is like going into a knife fight and finding there's no blade… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-fitch/going-into-a-game-against-lew-alcindor-later-kareem-abdul-jabbar-is/)

[Bill Fitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-fitch/)

[Basketball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/basketball/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/701/bill-fitch-72748_basketball_going-into-a-game-against-lew-alcindor-l_1307275.png)

> [I once said coaching a first-year team was a religious experience. You do a lot of praying - but most of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-fitch/i-once-said-coaching-a-first-year-team-was-a-religious-experience-you/)

[Bill Fitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-fitch/)

[Answers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/answers/)

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