Bill Fitch Quotes

United States, Coach
May 19, 1932 – February, 2, 2022.

William Charles Fitch was an American former National Basketball Association (NBA) coach who had been successful in developing a number of teams into playoff contenders. Before entering the professional ranks, he coached college basketball at the University of Minnesota, Bowling Green State University, the University of North Dakota, and his alma mater, Coe College. Fitch's teams twice qualified for the NCAA tournament. He won the Chuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award for the 2012–13 NBA season.

I once said coaching a first-year team was a religious experience. You do a lot of praying - but most of the time the answer is NO.

Bill Fitch
- Experience
- Team
- Praying
Even though he lived on the beach in college, he didn't have a tan. Now that's a serious player!

Bill Fitch
- Player
- Beach
- Tan

Going into a game against Lew Alcindor later Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is like going into a knife fight and finding there's no blade in your handle.

Bill Fitch
- Game
- Fight
- Blade
Sometimes you wake up in the morning and wish your parents had never met.

Bill Fitch
- Parents
- Wish
- Wake Up