coaches in Oklahoma
history.
Lemons grew up in the town of Walters, Oklahoma
. He served in World War II
in the Pacific and often referred to the pressures of his war experience to put sports pressures into perspective. He joined Oklahoma City University
(OCU) as a student in 1947.
At OCU, Lemons excelled as a player and coach in basketball for more than 40 years.
That's one more rebound than a dead guy.
You may be big in New York, but in Walters, Oklahoma, you're nobody.
If you had come with me, you could be the principal of a high school by now.
Damn referees. I'll miss them less than anybody.
You mean in the state?
Finish last in your league and they call you "Idiot". Finish last in medical school and they call you "Doctor".
I never substitute just to substitute. I play my regulars. The only way a guy gets off the floor is if he dies.
One day of practice is like one day of clean living. It doesn't do you any good.
I don't jog. If I die I want to be sick.
Doctors bury their mistakes, mine are still on scholarship.