Steve Alford

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

“If you keep your eyes fixed on Christ, He's going to reward you.”

“That first group of Manchester players allowed me to enjoy coaching at a very young age that motivated me to do it. If it wasn't good, I might have made a career change.”

“Every person has a different view of another person's image. That's all perception. The character of a man, the integrity, that's who you are.”

“There are certain people in our business that you don't replace - Bob Knight, Dean Smith, Mike Krzyzyewski, and you don't replace John Wooden, either.”

“I've been in basketball a long time, and nobody is more of a competitor than I am.”

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

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

“I never in my wildest dreams thought I would get even one play at Indiana, let alone 25 years later, walk Bruin Walk, walk UCLA where Coach Wooden built his legacy.”

“Christian, non-Christian, we're going to miss the mark. We're going to make mistakes. How you handle those mistakes and get more fundamentally sound spiritually in dealing with those mistakes I think have a direct impact - not only on your spiritual life, but those around you.”

“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.”