[And the schedule still includes the scenarios Sloan believes are most important: A couple of back-to-backs, so players get used to playing and traveling on the same day, and a stretch of three games in four days.] Let them experience a day off in there, and see if they can keep themselves ready, ... It's important to see if any of them try to take the third game off. Jerry Sloan
Motivational, Inspirational, Funny Quotes
![I tell the players, 'I'm sorry that you got hurt, but there's not a thing I can do about it'. You've got to go forward. That's the only thing I know. That's what I've tried to convey to our players. We've been fortunate here. Our organization for 18 years had very few injuries when John [Stockton] and Karl [Malone] were here ... I understood all along we were fortunate our guys stayed healthy. That's life in the NBA. If you don't like it, there's other jobs. - Jerry Sloan Quotes](/pic/img/img.php?text=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&author=ICBKZXJyeSBTbG9hbiAgICA=&num=7 "I tell the players, 'I'm sorry that you got hurt, but there's not a thing I can do about it'. You've got to go forward. That's the only thing I know. That's what I've tried to convey to our players. We've been fortunate here. Our organization for 18 years had very few injuries when John [Stockton] and Karl [Malone] were here ... I understood all along we were fortunate our guys stayed healthy. That's life in the NBA. If you don't like it, there's other jobs. - Jerry Sloan Quotes")
