--- title: "3 Digger Phelps Quotes - Famous Basketball player (Mozart of Basketball)" description: "Richard Frederick \"Digger\" Phelps is an American former college basketball coach, most notably of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish from 1971 to 1991. For 2..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b027/author-freeman-patterson-29426.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Digger Phelps](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b027/author-freeman-patterson-29426.jpg) # Digger Phelps (1941) Basketball Player **3** quotes in **46** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Digger Phelps is a basketball player, best known for *Mozart of Basketball*. ## Quick Facts About Digger Phelps Born July 4, 1941 Profession Basketball Player Notable works Mozart of Basketball ## About Digger Phelps Richard Frederick "Digger" Phelps is an American former college basketball coach, most notably of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish from 1971 to 1991. For 20 years, from 1993 to 2014, he served as an analyst on ESPN. He got the nickname "Digger" from his friends. ## Quotes by Digger Phelps > [To win in the game of life, we all need both a healthy mind and body. By involving children in the fun…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/digger-phelps/to-win-in-the-game-of-life-we-all-need-both-a-healthy-mind-and-body/) [Digger Phelps](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/digger-phelps/) [Athlete](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/athlete/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a98/digger-phelps-76622_athlete_to-win-in-the-game-of-life-we-all-need-b_101465.jpg) > [The square is your friend. Behind every missed lay-up is a tale of the square neglected.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/digger-phelps/the-square-is-your-friend-behind-every-missed-lay-up-is-a-tale-of-the/) [Digger Phelps](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/digger-phelps/) [Behinds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/behinds/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/092/digger-phelps-76622_behinds_the-square-is-your-friend-behind-every-m_1075312.png) > [A few mistakes don't worry me; what worries me is when you make the mistakes and then forget your role on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/digger-phelps/a-few-mistakes-don-t-worry-me-what-worries-me-is-when-you-make-the/) [Digger Phelps](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/digger-phelps/) [Ego](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ego/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f79/digger-phelps-76622_ego_a-few-mistakes-don-t-worry-me-what-worri_2590139.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/digger-phelps/#itemlist", "name": "Digger Phelps Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "To win in the game of life, we all need both a healthy mind and body. 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