David Thorpe Quotes on Basketball (4 Quotes)

I had so many Division-I coaches who would call me and ask me for a point guard, for example, ... I had double digit girls to play college basketball.

She helped me keep things in perspective - on a more even keel, ... She made me understand that basketball was a small part of what we have going.

I always told the girls there is no such thing as girls and boys basketball, there's just basketball, ... I told them to be physical and block out. There is only one way to play the game. One of the reasons is hopefully I was non-sexist. I taught them to play the game the same way I taught the boys. We were one of the first teams to play up-and-down, in-your-face defense. I used the same approach with the girls as I did with the boys' team.

I've had girls play at Missouri, Iowa, Iowa State, Minnesota, Michigan State and Kansas State, ... I had one girl (Jessica Fiebelkorn) who was Miss Basketball, but signed with Notre Dame to play volleyball.