Tom Tolbert quotes

Tom Tolbert quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“I look at the NBA as a football game without the helmet.”
-- Tom Tolbert

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“Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one.”

Source : New Yorker, 14 May 1960
“I am not a vegetarian because I love animals; I am a vegetarian because I hate plants.”
“If a Coach is determined to stay in the coaching profession, he will develop from year to year. This much is true, no coach has a monopoly on the knowledge of basketball. There are no secrets in the game. The only secrets, if there are any, are good teaching of sound fundamentals, intelligent handling of men, a sound system of play, and the ability to instill in the boys a desire to win.”
“Help one kid at a time. He'll maybe go back and help a few more.”
“Everybody is entitled to believe. Churches have exactly the same right to exist as a football club, a trade union or a political party. But if you and I set up the Church of the Fairies of the Garden, then I don't think we should automatically be meeting the queen, be entitled to seats in the House of Lords or get public money for our fairy schools.”
“It's named the Lombardi Trophy for a reason, because we play and live in Titledown. We've got the best fans, and I can't wait to go home and see those fans and bring home the Lombardi Trophy.”
“He said something was unique: I like to push the limit to how much air we can put in the football, even go over what they allow you to do, and see if the officials take air out of it,”
“There's a certain amount of one-way shirt swapping going on.”
“My dad means a lot to me. He's the one who put a football in my hands.”
“At 15, 16, you think you're going to be captain of England. But I realised it wasn't going to happen for me on a windy November night in Darlington, coming to my peak at the age of 23 but still playing for Mansfield Town.”

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