Tom Izzo Quotes

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Tom Izzo

Profession : Coach

Birth : January 30, 1955

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

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All I've got to make sure I do is what's best for my team and the university I work at. I want to do that each and every day.

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I'm into all the peaceful protests.

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A good deal is when it's a good deal for both parties.

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If I'm going to be responsible to get blamed for something, I'd like to have the ability to do something about it.

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I am an educator, my degree's in education.

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

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Most of the time people play zone because they've got lazy guys.

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I think if you play against guys that are as good or better than you and you're fighting for something, that's either going to make you or break you.

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I guess watching film could be easy. But watching film, if you're doing it by yourself, you got to really figure out what you're looking at.

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

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I'm leaning more and more towards three points from a 3-point shooter is worth one more than a basket from the center.

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

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If you take three steps forward and one step back, once in a while I can live with that. If you take two steps forward and three steps back, that's not a good deal for me.

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Don't eat three pizzas when you sit down at night, and a gallon of ice cream. It works wonders.

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I love Jim Schwartz. I've gotten to know him, I think he's an awesome coach.

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We can all be leaders.

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I think any time you're playing for a championship, that's a whole other area. You play for the one and done, then you get a chance to play for a banner. That what I live for.

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Time doesn't heal, time helps heal and learning helps heal.

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

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