“The most important part of my job is, as they say, taking a boy and ma...” — Tom Izzo Quote

“The most important part of my job is, as they say, taking a boy and making him a man. But my other most rewarding part is taking a guy that maybe isn't in an element that is going to make him successful to life to help bring him into it.”

“Usually players make the most progress in the summer between their freshmen and sophomore seasons.”

“We've gone to Final Fours as one seeds, we've gone there as five seeds. I think every Final Four we've been in we've had the most losses, just because sometimes scheduling, sometimes poor coaching, whatever the case may be.”

“I just think there's something about being in the Olympics, even though I think it's been tarnished a little bit by commercialization.”

“I'm not a football coach; sometimes I'd like to be - you can grab guys by the facemask, you can yell at the refs, nobody cares.”

“I try to tell my guys, don't wish your way out of high school. You never get to go back to high school. Don't wish your way out of college; you never go back to be a college student. You may go back to get more education, but you don't get the four years of being a college student.”

“The fact that food plays such an important part in my films has everything to do with my family.”

“I need to feel like I am important part of the team, if I get that the goals will come.”

“The scoops and laps are something I've always had. The timing of the shots is the important part. You can't use it when it's reckless, you've to use it at the right time. Using the crease is something I've consciously worked on.”

“Access to sports is an important part of a well-rounded education, and it takes committed communities and companies like Dick's to make a real difference in kids' lives.”

“World War One is an important part of Ireland's multi-layered history during which tens of thousands Irish people lost their lives.”

“Religion has been an important part of my understanding, my inquiry into what it means to be human.”