Steve Alford Quotations | Page 3

A freshman has only about 25% of his degree completed. They go off to play professional basketball, and to assume they will come back and get the degree done five, six, seven years later, I don't see that happening.

You control what you do offensively, defensively. You're controlling who you play, how you want to play.

There are very few LeBron James and Kobe Bryants.

The two places that I had most imprinted in my mind and in my memory were UCLA and Indiana. To play at one and coach at the other is unbelievable.

The Olympics is nothing I ever dreamed about. I dreamed about playing for Coach Knight and Indiana.

Sometimes it's forgotten that players are coming to college to get a degree.

One of the things you don't usually mess with is happy.

My children see me being coach enough. I gotta make sure they see me being dad.

It's our job to put a good product out there, and fans will come. If they see a good product, a good style, fans will come.

It's all about persevering. You know you're going to be tested. If you keep your eyes fixed on Christ, He's going to reward you.