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It's been an unbelievable thing for me to walk Bruin Walk and walk past Coach Wooden's statue, a guy that when I was in elementary school, it's Coach Wooden winning his final championship, his 10th in 12 years.

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I never in my wildest dreams thought I would get even one play at Indiana, let alone 25 years later, walk Bruin Walk, walk UCLA where Coach Wooden built his legacy.

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I got to work for some great administrators at great institutions, and I had an opportunity to coach great players. Iowa is no different.

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When I was a freshman and sophomore, I got booed every time I was put in the game. Then, in my junior and senior years, my dad got booed every time he took me out.

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My children see me being coach enough. I gotta make sure they see me being dad.

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Christian, non-Christian, we're going to miss the mark. We're going to make mistakes. How you handle those mistakes and get more fundamentally sound spiritually in dealing with those mistakes I think have a direct impact - not only on your spiritual life, but those around you.

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It's all about persevering. You know you're going to be tested. If you keep your eyes fixed on Christ, He's going to reward you.

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Sometimes it's forgotten that players are coming to college to get a degree.

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A freshman has only about 25% of his degree completed. They go off to play professional basketball, and to assume they will come back and get the degree done five, six, seven years later, I don't see that happening.

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There are very few LeBron James and Kobe Bryants.

~Steve Alford

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Coach

Born: November 23rd, 1964

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