Sam Barry Quotes

United States, Military Officer
December 17, 1892 – September, 23, 1950.

Justin McCarthy "Sam" Barry (December 17, 1892 – September 23, 1950) was an American collegiate athletic coach who achieved significant accomplishments in three major sports. He remains one of only three coaches to lead teams to both the Final Four and the College World Series. Barry, and four of his USC players (Jack Gardner, Alex Hannum, Tex Winter and Bill Sharman), have been inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as coaches; Sharman was also inducted as a player.

Also known as Basketball Coach

Music was in the air when I was growing up. My siblings Katy, Dave and Phil were musical; my dad worked in inner-city New York where a musical revolution was taking place - folk music, rock n' roll, gospel music. My sister taught me to sing. My brothers taught me to play.

Sam Barry
- Up
- Music
- Growing
I picked up a harmonica and taught myself.

Sam Barry
- Up
- Myself
- Harmonica

I was a Presbyterian minister at a small church in Omaha, Nebraska.

Sam Barry
- Small
- Church
- Nebraska
If your goal is to write a book for publication, rule number one is that no one ever finished a book without sitting down and getting started. Few authors get published without engaging in the daily discipline of writing, even if some days that means staring down a blank notebook or computer screen and drooling into your bag of pork rinds.

Sam Barry
- Writing
- Book
- Goal
Writing is a discipline, and you have to stay at it. Inspiration will come.

Sam Barry
Okay, so maybe you are the world’s authority on the art of making butter sculptures of dead presidents’ heads, but if you want to sell a book on the subject you’ll have to do more than know your stuff. You’ll need to make the idea sound sexy, or cool, or hot, or timely, or cute, or something that instantly makes it clear to people why the world needs your book.

Sam Barry
- People
- World
- Art
Words are so important to us, so vital to our beings, that we sometimes take this gift of ours for granted. We shouldn’t—words are too powerful to take for granted.

Sam Barry
- Important
- Words
- Powerful
Start writing, and the muse will come. Not every time, but keep at it, and the muse will come enough for you to get the initial writing done.

Sam Barry
- Time
- Writing
- Done

We write to tell a story, to describe an event, to imagine or explain what has been or will happen, to warn or touch or inspire. We write to express our most profound emotions—love and hatred, joy and sorrow, humor and sadness.

Sam Barry
- Joy
- Story
- Humor