Top 4 Quotes & Sayings by Bill Fitch

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American coach Bill Fitch.
Last updated on November 7, 2024.
Bill Fitch

William Charles Fitch was an American professional basketball coach in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He developed multiple teams into playoff contenders and won an NBA championship with the Boston Celtics in 1981. 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 in 2013, and was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2019.

Sometimes you wake up in the morning and wish your parents had never met. — © Bill Fitch
Sometimes you wake up in the morning and wish your parents had never met.
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.
Even though he lived on the beach in college, he didn't have a tan. Now that's a serious player!
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.
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