Tom Izzo

The price of leadership is strange.

— Tom Izzo

My dad and uncles probably taught me more than any institutions.

— Tom Izzo

“What is the difference between good and great? "Sacrifice”

— 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

As white Americans, we sometimes think it's enough to say that we aren't racist. But that's selfish - that's just being worried…

— Tom Izzo

I think it's good when you're versatile.

— Tom Izzo

You can't like your rival, but you can respect your rival.

— Tom Izzo

Really good leaders help others become better than they are.

— Tom Izzo

Remember, talent doesn't win championships, talent doesn't win games.

— Tom Izzo

I've had incredible mentors, people around me, my whole life.

— Tom Izzo

I've taken the blame when I deserve the blame.

— Tom Izzo

We are in the trophy generation.Give them a trophy for 23rd place.That makes the parents happy

— Tom Izzo

We can't make a kid graduate. We're trying to get a kid graduated in four years, and yet play on the road…

— Tom Izzo

I spent years sleeping with both eyes open.

— Tom Izzo

Fear sometimes is a good thing, especially with accountability stuff.

— 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 try to tell my guys, don't wish your way out of high school. You never get to go back to high…

— Tom Izzo

We want men here, not just players. Players are a dime a dozen

— Tom Izzo

The most important part of my job is, as they say, taking a boy and making him a man. But my other…

— Tom Izzo

I love tradition.

— Tom Izzo

I hope I get remembered as a working man, not anybody that just had everything.

— Tom Izzo

I'm not into big-time gambling.

— Tom Izzo

What I want to do is put Michigan State University in rare air.

— 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 unless you trust someone to tell you what you're doing wrong, you don't really sometimes realize what you're doing.

— Tom Izzo