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David Fizdale Quotes

born 1974 United States

David Sean Fizdale (born June 16, 1974) is an American professional basketball coach who last was an assistant coach for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association.

United States
Basketball coaches

Random David Fizdale quote

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I’m just going to keep leaning into the idea of being a human first and being a coach second, and see where that takes me. That’s where I think I’ll find winning.

I want to come back to the game with my mind totally on service, Service without means to an end. I’ve never coached that way before.

I always thought, ‘Whoever you give me, I can win with them. I’ll figure it out, That’s how arrogant I was.

I think I’m at a place now that I see purpose in what I do. A deeper purpose.

I probably was too nice to those guys, I was too wrapped up in what would happen to them if they didn’t play. It was basically the opposite of what I did wrong in Memphis.

What [Memphis] taught me is I can still coach guys hard, but I have to know the level I can go to, I have to coach them with the idea that it’s bigger than basketball.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: David Fizdale (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.