Ball player Quote by Jack Ramsay

Basketball, like all sports, is predicated on the execution of fundamentals. The coach is a teacher. His subject: fundamentals

— Jack Ramsay

At Mass General in January 2007, Dr. Loeffler's team attached a ring-shaped metal frame to my head with four pins. Then I went to…

— Jack Ramsay

If you make a wrong move with explosives, it could be deadly. If you're there when they blow up the beach, you get blown…

— Jack Ramsay

I learned how important physical conditioning is. I learned how to focus on an objective in spite of all kinds of hazards. I learned…

— Jack Ramsay

The Big Five is a competition played in the University of Pennsylvania's Palestra among five Philadelphia-area Division I schools: Saint Joseph's, La Salle, Penn,…

— Jack Ramsay

During my 11-year coaching tenure, Saint Joseph's won or tied for the Big Five championship seven times, went to 10 postseason tournaments - including…

— Jack Ramsay

My mother was very strong on me to go to college. No one had ever been to college, including my parents.

— Jack Ramsay

In 1955-56, Saint Joseph's won the first Big Five championship, compiled a 23-6 overall record, and entered its first postseason competition ever - the…

— Jack Ramsay

I don't think there's ever been a team that ever scored more layups than that Blazers team.

— Jack Ramsay

A star can win any game; a team can win every game.

— Jack Ramsay

The highest level of achievement is attained by the teams with the best conditioned players

— Jack Ramsay

Saint Joseph's still is among the smaller-enrollment institutions with a big-time basketball program. The Jesuits still offer the same high-quality education. St. Joe's students…

— Jack Ramsay