Roy Williams

North Carolina · born or raisedBorn 1950

American basketball player and coach

Born in Marion
Studied at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Quotations with a citation

Basketball is a game. It's entertainment for everybody in the crowd. My wife gets really upset with me when I say it's my life, but other than my family, it is my life.

[T]he only difference between stepping stones and stumbling blocks is how you look at them.

I am emotional and wear my feelings on my sleeve a lot in both directions, very happily or very mad, too.

[I]t's a wonderful feeling to have a bunch of kids trying to make sacrifices towards a common goal.

I don't know what the future holds. In some ways, I'm very sad, and as I said, I'm scared. But I'm also really happy and proud. We did OK. I was coaching great youngsters, winning a few games, and loving it with my heart and my soul