That left a lasting mark on me. Here was a person who bled the same color as I did, yet he was treated differently. That's why it was very, very easy for me to treat all of my players the exact same regardless of what they looked like.
More Quotes from Don Haskins:
This is pretty exciting after 40 years.Don Haskins
I remember a lot of name calling. If I didn't turn around, they didn't get to turn around. Whatever was said was said to deaf ears.
Don Haskins
I see five black guys on the first-team All-SWC team.
Don Haskins
I'm glad they got it done. I'm happy for the players I'm happy for the fans, even the ones who weren't around at the time.
Don Haskins
They made it a big deal after the Kentucky game. That particular night, believe me, I'm not thinking about that. We got home, and all of that was a total shock to me.
Don Haskins
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
The intelligent are to the intelligentsia what a gentleman is to a gent.Stanley Baldwin
I'm not a politician. I'm not a lawyer. I'm just a country boy.
Max Burns
Life has become terribly insecure. It's on the vortex of civil war. It's difficult to know how America will bring it back from the brink and build up good will.
Jon Lee Anderson