Finish last in your league and they call you idiot. Finish last in medical school and they call you doctor.
We did have three go to the YMCA.
The trouble with retirement is that you never get a day off.
I'd rather be a football coach. That way you only lose eleven games a year.
Doctors bury their mistakes, but mine are still on scholarship.
I don't have any tricky plays. I'd rather have tricky players.
I don't understand these new coaches who don't drink. What do they do when they get beat?
You always catch the wrong players.
Hell no. When I die I want to be sick.
You may be big in New York, but in Walters, Oklahoma, you're nobody.
They wanted to buy out my contract, but I couldn't make change for a $20, so they had to let me stay.
Coaches who shoot par in the summer are the guys I want on my schedule in the winter.
If I make a set of rules, then a guy goes out and steals an airplane. He comes back and says, 'It wasn't in the rules.'
Damn referees, I'll miss them less than anybody.
You mean in the state?
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Abe Lemons: Biography and Life Work
Abe Lemons was a notable American college basketball player and coach. The story of Abe Lemons began on November 21, 1922 in Ryan, Oklahoma, U.S.. The legacy of Abe Lemons continues today, following their passing on September 2, 2002 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S..
"Abe" Lemons (November 21, 1922 – September 2, 2002) was an American college basketball player and coach. As a head coach at Oklahoma City University , Pan American University and the University of Texas at Austin , he compiled a record of 594–343 in 34 seasons.
Philosophical Views and Reflections
Lemons was hired in 1955 to coach at his alma mater. He would coach the program until 1973 in his first tenure there. During that time, the team went 309–181 while making the NIT twice while appearing in the NCAA tournament seven times (1956, 1957, 1963–1966, and 1973). Oklahoma City also won the All-College Tournament in 1965. Lemons coached several All-America & future NBA players, such as Arnold Short and Hub Reed .
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion
