Quotes by Basketball Coach of the Authors - Page 25

The more things we can get kids to do correctly off the court, the more they will do correctly on the court.
Mike Jarvis / Basketball Coach
Kids
Basketball
Coaching
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Most people get excited about games, but I've got to be excited about practice, because that's my classroom.
Pat Summitt / Basketball Coach
Sports
Classroom
Excited
Games
Practice
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I've got a great staff and great support system, and I'm going to stick my neck out and do what I always do.
Pat Summitt / Basketball Coach
Necks
Staff
Sticks
Support
Support Systems
Neck
Stick
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The strength of the team lies within the individual. And the strength of the individual lies within the team
Phil Jackson / Basketball Coach
Individual
Lying
Team
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I won't coach this team next year if he is still here. He won't listen to anyone. I've had it with this kid.
Phil Jackson / Basketball Coach
Kids
Basketball
Team
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Yes, victory is sweet, but it doesn't necessarily make life any easier the next season or even the next day.
Phil Jackson / Basketball Coach
Next Day
Sweet
Victory
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Strategy is something anyone can learn. But not all coaches take the time to understand a man's personality.
Red Auerbach / Basketball Coach
Men
Personality
Strategy
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Failure is good. It's fertilizer. Everything I've learned about coaching, I've learned from making mistakes.
Rick Pitino / Basketball Coach
Failure
Coaching
Fertilizer
Making Mistakes
Mistakes
Learned
Making
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I've been very, very fortunate. I don't need to work another day in my life. I have all the security I need.
Stan Van Gundy / Basketball Coach
Another Day
Life Work Day
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The biggest thing is getting our guys to understand, you can't let one mistake compound into another mistake
Thad Matta / Basketball Coach
Basketball
Mistake
Nba
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I recruit hungry kids who love the game and want to get better and feel they have more questions than answers
Bo Ryan / Basketball Coach
Kids
Basketball
Nba
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There is a lot of basketball beyond our control, but a player should never let anyone try harder than he does
Dean Smith / Basketball Coach
Basketball
Nba
Player
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We don't want to keep talking about 'potential.' That word is the most dangerous word in professional sports.
Dwane Casey / Basketball Coach
Professional Sports
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It's never been my goal to be king of the prom. It's been my goal to do the right thing and get the job done.
Gregg Popovich / Basketball Coach
Jobs
Kings
Goal
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Are you going to show integrity only when someone is watching you - or are you going to show it all the time?
Mike Krzyzewski / Basketball Coach
Integrity
Shows
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A leader has to be positive about all things that happen to his team. Look at nothing in the past as failure.
Mike Krzyzewski / Basketball Coach
Leader
Past
Team
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The problem with trading dominant players of that size is you never get in return what you've bargained away.
Phil Jackson / Basketball Coach
Player
Return
Size
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They said you have to use your five best players but I found you win with the five who fit together the best.
Red Auerbach / Basketball Coach
Basketball
Player
Winning
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Do what needs to be done, when it needs to be done the best way it can be done, and do it that way every time.
Bobby Knight / Basketball Coach
Sports
Done
Needs
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I have always maintained that in basketball the importance of the mental to the physical is about four to one.
Bobby Knight / Basketball Coach
Inspirational
Basketball
Four
Importance
Maintained
Mental
Physical
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As a coach I think that's one of the things we have to exude: the ability to move on regardless of the result.
Brad Stevens / Basketball Coach
Moving
Results
Thinking
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Two points doesn't seem like a lot, but there's only 2 points that separate the best from the worst sometimes.
Brad Stevens / Basketball Coach
Worst
Seem
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I'm proud of everybody in our organization. Not every story has a happy ending. Doesn't mean it's a bad story.
David Blatt / Basketball Coach
Mean
Nba Championships
Organization
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That's the problem with our industry: patience. People want instant NBA stars, and that's not going to happen.
Dwane Casey / Basketball Coach
Instant
Nba
Stars
The Problem With
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In planning any type of offense, when a player leaves a spot always replace him with another offensive player.
Hubie Brown / Basketball Coach
Basketball
Coaching
Player
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Players with high character get better. Players with a serious approach get better. The fools never get better
Jeff Van Gundy / Basketball Coach
Basketball
Character
Player
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The NBA is going to do what they want to do. They're going to do what's best for them; not what's best for us.
Jim Boeheim / Basketball Coach
Nba
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Katie Ledecky is the best swimmer in the world. You could say she's impressive with what she can do in a pool.
Jim Boeheim / Basketball Coach
Pool
Swimmer
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Obviously, ISU will be primed for revenge and wants to get that bad taste of the last game out of their mouth.
Jim Les / Basketball Coach
Games
Mouths
Revenge
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I believe work is good. There is dignity in work. I also believe that a hard-work ethic forges strong leaders.
Mike Krzyzewski / Basketball Coach
Believe
Hard Work
Strong
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I had a really bad temper, when I was growing up. Sport helped me channel that temper into more positive acts.
Mike Krzyzewski / Basketball Coach
Sports
Growing Up
Squash
Temper
Acts
Channel
Sport
Helped
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If you defend, rebound and limit turnovers, you're going to put yourself in a position where you can win games
Stan Van Gundy / Basketball Coach
Games
Limits
Winning
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You learn from everybody. You learn from the players. You learn from great coaches. You learn from great teams
Tom Thibodeau / Basketball Coach
Basketball
Player
Team
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If a player leaves Marquette and doesn't have some of my blood in him, then I don't think I've done a good job.
Al Mcguire / Basketball Coach
Jobs
Basketball
Player
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Sometimes you will hate me because I will tell you the truth about your game. And the truth can hurt/humble you
Doc Rivers / Basketball Coach
Basketball
Hate
Hurt
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Your program must have an overriding purpose which is clearly visible and which teaches lessons beyond winning.
Don Meyer / Basketball Coach
Basketball
Coaching
Winning
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The ability to rebound is in inverse proportion to the distance your house is from the nearest railroad tracks.
Don Meyer / Basketball Coach
Basketball
Distance
Track
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A key basketball skill is imagery. The best players "see" situations before they happen so they can be prepared
Jack Ramsay / Basketball Coach
Basketball
Nba
Player
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Just remember, their fans think their players are supermen. We'll we're the kryptonite, and we're going to win.
Jim Larranaga / Basketball Coach
Basketball
Player
Winning
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When we're worried about a bureaucracy and keeping the bureaucracy going, you're always going to make mistakes.
John Calipari / Basketball Coach
Bureaucracy
Worried
Mistakes
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I didn't realize the difference between coaching college and coaching the NBA. It's a totally different animal.
Kelvin Sampson / Basketball Coach
Nba
Different Animal
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Teams that just play on one side of the floor are going to struggle against defenses that load up on that side.
Kelvin Sampson / Basketball Coach
Load
Floor
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To be successful in coaching you have to treat your team like a family. The leader needs backing from everyone.
Morgan Wootten / Basketball Coach
Leader
Successful
Team
Backing
Treat
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Nobody thought I'd be a great coach. I'm the kind of guy you'd expect to be driving an 18-wheeler through town.
Rick Majerus / Basketball Coach
Driving
Guy
Towns
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When you have an intense game, you're going to have arguments. I have no problem with it. I think it's healthy.
Scott Brooks / Basketball Coach
Games
Healthy
Intense
No Problem
Thinking
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I grew up in Indiana. My first four years of elementary were in the gym where Coach Wooden went to high school.
Steve Alford / Basketball Coach
Gym
Indiana
School High School High
Coach
Elementary
Wooden
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The message here is you cannot, under any circumstances, throw an object at an official. You just cannot do it.
Stu Jackson / Basketball Coach
Circumstances
Messages
Sea
Any Circumstances
Object
Official
Throw
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I wouldn't give one iota to make a trip from the cradle to the grave unless I could live in a competitive world.
Adolph Rupp / Basketball Coach
Motivational
Sports
Giving
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A quick way for any player to make himself better is to think about what he himself doesn't like to play against
Bobby Knight / Basketball Coach
Basketball
Player
Thinking
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Players have to buy into your system and be willing to accept the role, you, as the coach, have assigned to them
Chuck Daly / Basketball Coach
Basketball
Nba
Player
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