Basketball coaching Quotes · Page 4

Compare where you are to where you want to be, and you'll get nowhere

— Sara Bareilles

The worst thing we can do is put the (other) team in a one-and-one.

— Mike Krzyzewski

What makes a good coach? Complete dedication.

— George Halas

I have a plan of action, but the game is a game of adjustments.

— Mike Krzyzewski

The secret to winning is constant, consistent management.

— Tom Landry

Coach now the way you want to coach 10 years from now.

— Jerry Krause

Know what you want to emphasize, then do it daily.

— Larry Shyatt

Discipline and demand without being demeaning.

— Don Meyer

The ability to rebound is in inverse proportion to the distance your house is from the nearest railroad tracks.

— Don Meyer

As a leader, you will receive a large amount of praise and criticism and you should not unduly affected by either.

— John Wooden

Picking an assistant coach, the first thing I was interested in was the man's character.

— Woody Hayes

The more things we can get kids to do correctly off the court, the more they will do correctly on the court.

— Mike Jarvis

Blocking out is everyday, every drill, all the time. We run sprints every time someone does not blockout.

— Rick Majerus

Building relationships is the key for being happy as a coach. Players must want to play for you. If they are comfortable…

— Mike McConathy

Do your best when no one is looking. If you do that, then you can be successful at anything you put your…

— Bob Cousy

If we magnified blessings as much as we magnify disappointments, we would all be much happier.

— John Wooden

Losing is only temporary and not encompassing. You must simply study it, learn from it, and try hard not to lose the…

— John Wooden

When we're playing a good scoring center, we tell our team that it is not our defensive man's job to stop the…

— Bobby Knight

The best teams are team in any sport that lose themselves in the team. The individuals lose their identity. And their identities…

— Mike Krzyzewski

No one is bigger than the team. You're going to be on time, you're going play hard, you're going to know your…

— Hubie Brown

If one of our players gets his second foul in the first half, then he must come out of the game and…

— Chuck Daly

Defense doesn't break down on the help, it breaks down on the recovery.

— Chuck Daly

Do passing drills that come from your offense.

— John Wooden

Players must do what you want them to do in pressure situations.

— Don Meyer

What you specifically teach is what your players will do best.

— Dick Bennett

I am not a strategic coach; I am a practice coach.

— John Wooden

Help your players to control their emotions - do this through example.

— Norm Sloan

Have a spiritual basis which guides you in life. Have a philosophy of life to live by.

— Tom Osborne

We stop practice every time we see one of our players not blocking out.

— Jim Calhoun

To be successful you need to have good, happy Players.

— Norm Sloan

Don't do anything as an individual that will make you stand out from your teammates.

— Mike Krzyzewski

The secret of winning is working more as a team, less as individuals.

— Knute Rockne

The secret is to have eight great players and four others who will cheer like crazy.

— Jerry Tarkanian

Learning what not to do is sometimes more important than learning what to do.

— Rick Pitino

You build your program from the ideas of great coaches.

— Don Meyer

I only use statistics to reinforce what I already think, or if it's something unusual.

— Dean Smith

Every season is a journey. Every journey is a lifetime.

— Mike Krzyzewski

Keep it simple, when you get too complex you forget the obvious.

— Al McGuire

The key to the fast break is every one running hard for their teammates.

— Paul Westhead

We may not be the best conditioned team in the country, but our players think they are.

— John Wooden