Through the regular season, if you get really good at what you do, teams will have a hard time adjusting to you. — J. B. Bickerstaff Copy Share Image
It's hard to argue with a coach who says, 'I just want you to work.' What can you say to that without… — J. B. Bickerstaff Copy Share Image
You can have old guys who aren't willing to be coached just like you can have young guys who aren't willing to… — J. B. Bickerstaff Copy Share Image
During the regular season, you don't have the sort of time you do in the playoffs to prepare for people, so you've… — J. B. Bickerstaff Copy Share Image
As an assistant coach, the wins and losses don't tally up on your record, so you don't necessarily have that to fall… — J. B. Bickerstaff Copy Share Image
We're all smart enough to figure out Xs and Os - it's basketball, it's not advanced calculus. But the most important thing… — J. B. Bickerstaff Copy Share Image
Some guys, when they play with other elite players, they end up being too unselfish; or guys who are used to having… — J. B. Bickerstaff Copy Share Image
Let's face it, first-time assistant coaches normally don't walk into jobs with two perennial All-Stars on a team that just got bounced… — J. B. Bickerstaff Copy Share Image
If you look at the teams that mix and match their starting lineup a great deal, that sort of inconsistency frequently leads… — J. B. Bickerstaff Copy Share Image
As a coach, the more experience you have, the more you're around players, it helps so you see how guys learn, ways… — J. B. Bickerstaff Copy Share Image
My brother and I used to laugh and say, 'Normal kids went to day care, and we went to the gym.' — J. B. Bickerstaff Copy Share
My dad traveled so much for work that, when he was home, we always wanted to spend as much time with him as we… — J. B. Bickerstaff Copy Share
Small ball, spacing, shooting 3s, is something that everybody's trying to do. — J. B. Bickerstaff Copy Share
Some guys, when they play with other elite players, they end up being too unselfish; or guys who are used to having the ball… — J. B. Bickerstaff Copy Share
You can have old guys who aren't willing to be coached just like you can have young guys who aren't willing to be coached. — J. B. Bickerstaff Copy Share
Conflict resolution, all those things, are important. When you're in a group environment, you have to have those. If you don't, things fester. Have… — J. B. Bickerstaff Copy Share
Every day, you learn something. That's the same as assistant coach and the same as a head coach. You should continue to learn. You… — J. B. Bickerstaff Copy Share
No matter what your job is, you know that you need to have a routine, that you need to be disciplined, you need to… — J. B. Bickerstaff Copy Share
As a coach, the more experience you have, the more you're around players, it helps so you see how guys learn, ways that are… — J. B. Bickerstaff Copy Share
A lot of times, people think of selfish, and they think of offense, but you can be selfish on the defensive end of the… — J. B. Bickerstaff Copy Share
It's not the way you want to get a job, to see someone you admire and look up to and learned so much from… — J. B. Bickerstaff Copy Share
When you want to win, and you want to go to work every day, you want to work with high character people; you want… — J. B. Bickerstaff Copy Share
