All Chuck Daly Quotes
- It's discouraging to make a mistake, but it's humiliating when you find out you're so unimportant that nobody noticed it. Discouraging
- A lot of guys go through their whole careers and don't win a championship, but are still great coaches. Basketball
- Offense is spacing and spacing is offense. Basketball
- Defense can't guard two things in a row. Basketball
- Defense doesn't break down on the help, it breaks down on the recovery. Basketball
- The first shot does not beat you. Basketball
- If one of our players gets his second foul in the first half, then he must come out of the game and not re-enter until… Art
- Athletes that can't listen, can condition. Athlete
- If you're going to have to beg them to play, it's not going to work. Basketball
- Players have to buy into your system and be willing to accept the role, you, as the coach, have assigned to them Accept
- I'm a lot better coach when I have really good players Basketball
- The less determined and the less motivated weed themselves out. Determined
- Coaching is like flying an airplane, there is going to be a lot of turbulence, but your job is to land the plane safely. Airplane
- The two championship years were that significant for me. Championship
- I do some broadcasting and speaking as well. Broadcasting
- I think the Pistons have such a well rounded team, which is why they're so successful. All you have to do is look at the… All
- I've had too lengthy a career and coached too many players to make a choice. Career
- The important thing is to get the right players on the team so Mike can be successful. Important
- There's nothing like being involved with a team that can go that distance. Distance
- Though I'd have to say it was generally the guys in Detroit, as a group, that won the two Championships. They were terrific and I… Always Look