George Raveling Quotes

More games are won during practice than during the game itself.

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• Game
• Practice
• Won

Fans never fall asleep at our games, because they're afraid they might get hit by a pass.

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• Fans
• Pass
• Asleep

I know the Virginia players are smart because you need a 1500 SAT to get in. I have to drop bread crumbs to get our players to and from class.

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• Smart
• Need
• Players

Most people fail in life because they don't have a plan. Set a goal and write it down. Put it where you can see it every day. Work toward your goals every day.

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• Goals
• Plan
• Fail

When I went to Catholic high school in Philadelphia, we just had one coach for football and basketball. He took all of us who turned out and had us run through a forest. The ones who ran into the trees were on the football team.

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• School
• Team
• Coach

The game of life is the biggest game you'll ever play. We need to be a dreamer, an earner, a worker, and to believe in ourselves.

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• Life
• Believe
• Game

Think of new ways to do old things. You must protect against boredom in a practice situation.

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• Practice
• Protect
• Ways

The best decision-makers are always armed with the best information and data!

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• Decision
• Information
• Data

In order to grow we must be open to new ideas...new ways of doing things... new ways of thinking.

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• Ideas
• Grow
• Ways

Everybody in the world is talking about Canada…outside of the US, there is probably no country in the world that is producing more blue-chip young basketball talent than Canada.

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• Basketball
• Talent
• Canada

The best feedback is what we don't want to hear.

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• Want
• Hear
• Feedback