Barry Trotz Quotes

He who gets the best players usually wins.

We're not the only ones out there trying to get good players and trying to help kids.

If you identify those guys - something we have done in the past - who are not as valued in the current market for whatever reason and you look to get them to play at a higher level than where they have come from. That's how you develop the team.

Any time you get a chance to acquire a really good football player, I'm all about that.

My job is to bring in players I think can help this team, regardless of where they're playing.

Teams want the best players. If the best players come through your academy, you can play.

My goal is to outwork everybody in recruiting, sign the best players in the state, and turn these guys into the best team we can.

We draft mostly high school kids and we have one of the finest, if not the finest, player development programs and coaching staffs and we teach our players the right way to play. We also have a game plan in scouting, and there are certain types of players that we look for.

The best way to be productive is to have a great team. So I spend more time than most CEOs on human resources. That's 20 percent of my week.

Now, would we like to have that super quarterback? Absolutely. And if we have the opportunity to get that person or develop that person, that's what we'll do.

I think I have the skills. I'm a great judge of talent. I just know basketball.

When you don't have the deepest pockets, you better have the best scouting and development.

It's college basketball and there's a certain amount of uncertainty. As an assistant coach, you do the best job you can to win.

Every team in the league is always looking to upgrade its talent.

I'm a football coach. It seems the league is cyclical and hiring young guys... but experience in the NFL still means a heck of a lot.

I think it is inevitable that I'll be coaching or be a GM.

At the end of the day, if you're not beating the teams on the road recruiting that you have to beat on the field, then you're probably not going to win many championships.

I think that's the philosophy of all top teams - to educate young, top players and to give them the possibility to play.

Duke recruits the best basketball players. They don't recruit dunkers or highlight makers. They recruit good basketball players.

Getting a star player in the NBA is not impossibly hard, but close. It requires either an incredible amount of luck, or an amazing amount of time, or some other way to try and get at it.

Sometimes it takes a few years to land that special player.

As a player, I had no idea whatsoever about getting a team ready for a game, what it entails.

Whether it's drafting or player development, the ultimate is putting a team together.

I was the lead recruiter at Louisville. I think I signed four or five guys before I left.

Every season I think it's right every great team tries to improve the quality of the team.