Systems win! Believe in your system, and then sell it to your players. — Billy Donovan Copy Share Image
My players on defense must have a hand-up on every shot. If not, they run sprints. — Rick Majerus Copy Share Image
Writing a manual forces you to place your thoughts and ideas down on paper. — Tara VanDerveer Copy Share Image
Your ability to communicate to your young people will determine your success. — Jim Harrick Copy Share Image
The more things we can get kids to do correctly off the court, the more they will do correctly on the court. — Mike Jarvis Copy Share Image
Do your best when no one is looking. If you do that, then you can be successful at anything you put your… — Bob Cousy Copy Share Image
If we magnified blessings as much as we magnify disappointments, we would all be much happier. — John Wooden Copy Share Image
Empower the people around you, from the janitor to the athletic director. You do that by being sincere, caring about others, and… — Sue Gunter Copy Share Image
The mismatch is not what gets you beat. What gets you beat is giving up the uncontested, open shot. — Rick Majerus Copy Share Image
Managing is like holding a dove in your hand. Squeeze too hard and you kill it; not hard enough and it flies… — Tommy Lasorda Copy Share Image
We put a premium on knowing what the other team does. Then we try to take them out of it. — P. J. Carlesimo Copy Share Image
For us to be successful on defense, we must get back and stop the basketball, eliminate easy baskets, keep the ball out… — Dick Bennett Copy Share Image
It's not what you tell your players that counts. It's what they hear. — Red Auerbach Copy Share Image
A good coach will make his players see what they can be rather than what they are. — Ara Parseghian Copy Share Image
Other people go to the office. I get to coach. I know I've been blessed. — Jim Valvano Copy Share Image
Coaching is making men do what they don't want, so they can become what they want to be — Tom Landry Copy Share Image
Recognize and reward players who put the team first, not just the gifted ones. — Don Meyer Copy Share Image
I would rather have a player who has mastered two or three moves than to try to teach him six or seven. — Norm Sloan Copy Share Image
Practices should be for the players and not the coach. Practices should be fun for the players, positive in nature, and last… — Norm Sloan Copy Share Image
The most important quality I look for in a player is accountability. You've got to be accountable for who you are. It's… — Lenny Wilkens Copy Share Image
I would never recruit a player who yells at his teammates, disrespected his high school coach, or scores 33 points a game… — Dean Smith Copy Share Image
Our conditioning program begins the first day of class. The running portion is very demanding. It has physiological advantages, as well as… — Norm Sloan Copy Share Image
Praise your kids. Inspire and motivate your players with praise. Ten years from now it won't matter what your record was. Will… — Jim Harrick Copy Share Image
Administrators are like pigs; don't wrestle with a pig because you both get dirty and the pig likes it. — Don Meyer Copy Share Image
A common mistake among those who work in sport is spending a disproportional amount of time on "x's and o's" as compared… — Mike Krzyzewski Copy Share Image
The key to coaching is not what you do, but the way you do it. The intangibles, the motivational parts of the… — Rick Pitino Copy Share Image
The best way to build team chemistry is the way Rupp used to substitute, when they fouled out. — Dean Smith Copy Share Image
Regardless of what you do put in, every game boils down to doing the things you do best and doing them over… — Vince Lombardi Copy Share Image
Most of my learning and philosophy regarding coaching basketball was developed after great frustration. — Dick Bennett Copy Share Image
I learned early that if I wanted to achieve anything in life, I'd have to do it myself. I learned that I… — Lenny Wilkens Copy Share Image
Successful programs consist of people working hard, working together, while never worrying about who gets the credit. — Don Meyer Copy Share Image
