Dean Smith

Given the fact that we are in a capitalist society, we still do not want to overlook not only what a corporation produces and its profitability but also how it impacts the environment, touches human life and whether it protects or undermines the dignity of the human person.

As soon as you try to describe a close friendship, it loses something.

Our teachers at the public school level are the most underpaid for the importance of their job in America.

The best way to stop the problem of agents would be for the NCAA to come down hard and suspend a school for two years if it finds players with agents on campus.

If you make every game a life and death proposition youre going to have problems. For one thing youll be dead a lot.

A lion never roars after a kill.

If you make every game a life and death thing youre going to have problems. Youll be dead a lot.

What to do with a mistake - recognize it, admit it, learn from it, forget it.

I'd like to see the high schools put in a rule that limits recruitable athletes from playing on teams outside a 100-mile radius from their home or school.

If you make every game a life and death proposition, you're going to have problems. For one thing, you'll be dead a lot.

I just think we shouldn't get into counting coaches' records. I've never been for that... but I know that's just American society.

A leaders job is to develop committed followers. Bad leaders destroy their followers sense of commitment.

Basketball is a team game. But that doesnt mean all five players should take the same amount of shots

I always mean what I say, but I don't always say what I'm thinking.

What do you do with a mistake: recognize it, admit it, learn from it, forget it.

There is a point in every contest when sitting on the sidelines is not an option.

Basketball is a team game. But that doesn't mean all five players should have the same amount of shots.

What do do with a mistake: recognize it, admit it, learn from it, forget it.

I do believe in praising that which deserves to be praised.

Basketball more than any other sport is a team game about the thousands of small unselfish acts the sacrifices on the part of the players that result in team building.

Basketball is a beautiful game when the five players on the court play with one heartbeat.

Play hard. Play smart. Play together.

I enjoy basketball. I enjoy coaching basketball. It's the out-of-season stuff I didn't handle well.

I know a lawyer who'd love to retire and be an assistant coach. I mean, it's fun.

The presidents of colleges have to have some courage to step forward. You can't limit alcohol in college sports, you have to get rid of it.

I'd never get elected if people in North Carolina realized how liberal I am.

I think the real free person in society is one that's disciplined. It's the one that can choose; that is the free one.