20 Jack Ramsay Quotes for You to Enjoy

Jack Ramsay

American Coach

Born: Feb 21, 1925

Died: Apr 28, 2014

Been Big College Game Good Time

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Saint Joseph's still is among the smaller-enrollment institutions with a big-time basketball program. The Jesuits still offer the same high-quality education. St. Joe's students and alumni are as supportive as ever, and their spirit is unquenchable. Jack Ramsay

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There was great comraderie among players and coaches. We enjoyed the time we were together... road trips were fun. I don't know that there was one moment that stood out among all the good times we had. Jack Ramsay

Time Good Great Together Out Trips Good Times Had Road Know Were Times Stood Coaches Moment Fun Among Enjoyed Players

I don't think there's ever been a team that ever scored more layups than that Blazers team. Jack Ramsay

Think More Been Than Team Ever

I've been blessed. I've had a great life and am continuing to have one. Jack Ramsay

Life Great Blessed Great Life Had Am Continuing Been

My favorite moment was in Game 6 when Bill Walton tapped a missed Sixers shot toward the backcourt and Johnny Davis ran it down as the clock expired. We were NBA champions! Jack Ramsay

Game Down Ran Favorite Johnny Davis Toward Missed Were Clock Expired Shot Bill Moment NBA Champions

I had a sense when I took the job that the 1976-77 Trail Blazers could be very good. We had made a lot of positive roster changes, but it wasn't until I had the team in training camp that I realized that this team could be special. Midway through that season, I felt we had a chance to win it all. Jack Ramsay

Positive Good Training Win Job Made Sense Changes Took Could Through Had Until Felt Camp Lot Trail Very Midway Realized Team Special Season Chance

I got interested in coaching while I played at St. Joseph's. Because we played a national schedule, we played teams coached by Nat Holman, Joe Lapchick, Hank Iba, and others. I could see the impact the coach had on their teams, and I thought, 'That's a pretty good thing to do.' Jack Ramsay

Good Thought National Others Joe See Impact Pretty Pretty Good Schedule Could Good Thing Had Joseph Because Got Hank While Interested Coach Coached Coaching Teams Thing Played

If you make a wrong move with explosives, it could be deadly. If you're there when they blow up the beach, you get blown up, too. So you need to get your job done correctly... then pull the fuse with enough lag time for you to clear the area completely and get picked up by the small boats. Jack Ramsay

Time You Job Too Enough Fuse Correctly Beach Small Area Could Picked Clear Wrong Make Deadly Up Get Blow Blown Done Move Lag Boats Then Your Explosives Need Pull

The Big Five is a competition played in the University of Pennsylvania's Palestra among five Philadelphia-area Division I schools: Saint Joseph's, La Salle, Penn, Temple, and Villanova. 'The Big Five' was immensely popular, and rivalries quickly grew to intense proportions. Jack Ramsay

I went through my entire athletic life as a basketball player with only minimal physical setbacks, the worst being a couple of brain concussions, one in a college game in 1948, the other in 1954 while playing in the Eastern League, from which I recovered without permanent damage. Jack Ramsay

Life Game College Other Worst Minimal Eastern Athletic Physical Entire Only Recovered Through League Couple Without Permanent Brain Being Which While Player Playing Damage Basketball Basketball Player Setbacks

At Mass General in January 2007, Dr. Loeffler's team attached a ring-shaped metal frame to my head with four pins. Then I went to the radiation center, where they strapped me to the treatment table and secured the head frame so that I couldn't move. Jack Ramsay

The best players I have seen and known have confidence in their teammates. They know that basketball's not a one-man game. That confidence brings out the best in everybody, because it's contagious. Jack Ramsay

Best Game Confidence Seen Teammates Everybody Out One-Man Contagious Know Known Because Players Brings Basketball

Teams that play together beat those teams with superior players who play more as individuals. Jack Ramsay

Together Superior Those More Beat Individuals Who Teams Play Players

I will miss the association with the players and coaches. It has been a great ride. Jack Ramsay

Great Ride Will Has-Been Miss Been Coaches Players Association

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