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A.E. "Abe" Lemons (November 21, 1922 - September 2, 2002) was an American college basketball player and coach. As a coach at Oklahoma City University, Pan American University and The University of Texas, he compiled a record of 599 wins and 343 losses in 34 seasons.

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You always catch the wrong players.

Catch, Player, Players, Psychology, Sports, Wrong

They wanted to buy out my contract, but I couldn't make change for a $20, so they had to let me stay.

Contract, Contracts, Let, Let Me, Make, Sports

We did have three go to the YMCA.

Basketball, College, Three, Ymca

You may be big in New York, but in Walters, Oklahoma, you're nobody.

Sports, New York, Oklahoma, York, Big

If I make a set of rules, then a guy goes out and steals an airplane. He comes back and says, 'It wasn't in the rules. '

Airplane, Back, Guy, Set, Sports

You mean in the state?

Sports, Mean, States, State

Damn referees, I'll miss them less than anybody.

Missing, Damn, Referee, Miss, Referees

Hell no. When I die I want to be sick.

Sports, Sick, Want, Die, Hell

I don't have any tricky plays. I'd rather have tricky players.

Player, Play, Tricky, Players, Plays

Finish last in your league and they call you idiot. Finish last in medical school and they call you doctor.

Motivational Sports, School, Doctors, Medical, Call

Doctors bury their mistakes, but mine are still on scholarship.

Doctors, Mistake, Mistakes, Scholarship

Coaches who shoot par in the summer are the guys I want on my schedule in the winter.

Summer, Winter, Guy, Guys, Par

I don't understand these new coaches who don't drink. What do they do when they get beat?

Beat, Drink, Leadership, Sports, Understand

The trouble with retirement is that you never get a day off.

Day, Days Off, Retirement, Trouble

I'd rather be a football coach. That way you only lose eleven games a year.

Football, Years, Games, Way, Eleven