Hoosiers quotes

View Quote Player: [to shorter player] Didn't know they grew 'em so small on the farm.

View Quote [to Jimmy Chitwood] You know, in the ten years that I coached, I never met anybody who wanted to win as badly as I did. I'd do anything I had to do to increase my advantage. Anybody who tried to block the pursuit of that advantage, I'd just push 'em out of the way. Didn't matter who they were, or what they were doing. But that was then. You have special talent, a gift. Not the school's, not the townspeople, not the team's, not Myra Fleener's, not mine. It's yours, to do with what you choose. Because that's what I believe, I can tell you this: I don't care if you play on the team or not.

View Quote Myra Fleener: A man your age comes to a place like this, either he's running away from something or he has nowhere else to go.
Coach Norman Dale: What I'm doing here has nothing to do with you.
Myra Fleener: Just stay away from Jimmy. I don't want him coaching in Hickory when he's fifty.

View Quote My practices aren't designed for your enjoyment.

View Quote Coach Norman Dale: You know, if everyone is as nice as you, country hospitality is gonna get an awful name.
Myra Fleener: What a pleasant thing to say.

View Quote [to player who is praying] Strap, God wants you on the floor.

View Quote I've seen you guys can shoot but there's more to the game than shooting. There's fundamentals and defense.

View Quote There's a, um tradition in tournament play- not talk about the next step until you've climbed the one in front of you. I'm sure going to the state finals is beyond your wildest dreams, so let's just keep it right there.

View Quote Myra Fleener: Leave him alone, alright? He's a real special kid and, and I have high hopes for him and... I think if he works really hard, he can get an academic scholarship to Wabash College and can get out of this place.
Coach Norman Dale: Why, do you have something against this place?

View Quote My team is on the floor.

View Quote Welcome to Indiana basketball.

View Quote [Strap is continuing his prayer as the team gets ready to leave the locker room]
Coach Norman Dale: Strap?
Coach Norman Dale: [to another player] How long is he going to go on like this?
Rade: I don't know. He'll come when he's ready, not before.
Coach Norman Dale: Hopefully that'll be sometime before tip-off.

View Quote [a player complains about the training] You are in the Army. You're in my Army. Everyday between three and five.