Basketball coaching Quotes · Page 6

Perhaps the toughest call for a coach is weighing what is best for an individual against what is best for the team.…

— Tom Landry

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

— John Wooden

What does this program/team need this week?

— Dick Bennett

The first shot does not beat you.

— Chuck Daly

No rebounds - no rings.

— Pat Riley

A great way to test the conditioning of your team is the two-mile run.

— Bobby Knight

It is not what you teach, but what you emphasize.

— Don Meyer

Conditioning is essential to success in basketball.

— John Wooden

Prepare for every game like you just lost your last game.

— Lon Kruger

The more honor and self-respect among players, the greater the team.

— Frosty Westering

The more your players have to think on the basketball court, the slower their feet get.

— Jerry Tarkanian

If it doesn't bother you, it won't bother them.

— Pat Summitt

Over coaching is the worst thing you can do to a player.

— Dean Smith

Winning is about having the whole team on the same page.

— Bill Walton

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

— Mike Krzyzewski

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

— Tom Osborne

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

— Mike Krzyzewski

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

— John Wooden

I don't recruit players who are nasty to their parents. I look for players who realize the world doesn't revolve around them.

— Pete Carril

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

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

Sometimes you learn more from losing than winning. Losing forces you to reexamine.

— Pat Summitt

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

— Jim Calhoun

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

— Mike Krzyzewski

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

— Woody Hayes

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

— Norm Sloan

When it comes to celebrating, act like you've been there before.

— Terry Bowden

Simplify the game as much as possible. When you add, you must subtract.

— Don Meyer

Everyone wants to win, but not everyone is willing to prepare to win.

— Bobby Knight

False Hustle = cheap fouls, lunging, reaching, etc.

— Billy Donovan

Criticize on defense and encourage on offense.

— John Brady

Put your two best players away from the ball and bring it back to them.

— Don Meyer

Morale and attitude are the fundamentals to success.

— Bud Wilkinson

Players who are late say that their time is more important than the team.

— Don Meyer

He who controlleth the backboard, controlleth the game.

— Adolph Rupp

If you get tough mentally, you can get tough physically and overcome fatigue.

— Pat Riley

Your contribution as a coach is defending and rebounding.

— Dick Motta

Only praise behavior that you want to be repeated. Never use false praise.

— Dean Smith

Good defensive play is as much a matter of hustle, desire and pride as it is anything else.

— Tex Winter

Good people are happy when something good happens to someone else.

— Dean Smith