Roy Williams' Disdain for Losing

Posted Dec 19, 2019
In 1988, on the eve before Roy Williams moved from Chapel Hill to Lawrence, Kan., Dean Smith hosted his pupil’s family for a farewell dinner. It was there Smith reiterated his biggest worry of the longtime assistant coach: Williams took losses too hard. That refusal to accept defeat and find minor victories in loss has separated Williams from his peers. (Inside Carolina)

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