Basketball coaching Quotes · Page 3

We win because we play together as a team.

— John Havlicek

Coaching is preparation.

— Pete Carril

A flu shot is the worst thing you can do.

— Bill Maher

Defense can't guard two things in a row.

— Chuck Daly

The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand

— Vince Lombardi

All really successful coaches have a system.

— Jim Valvano

It doesn't matter where you coach, it matters why you coach.

— Don Meyer

Recognize and reward players who put the team first, not just the gifted ones.

— Don Meyer

Play and practice like you are trying to make the team.

— Mike Krzyzewski

It's not what you tell your players that counts. It's what they here.

— Red Auerbach

Kentucky is the best job in basketball coaching. Why would I leave?

— John Calipari

What to do with a mistake: recognize it, admit it, learn from it, forget it.

— Dean Smith

The mismatch is not what gets you beat. What gets you beat is giving up the uncontested, open shot.

— Rick Majerus

Empower the people around you, from the janitor to the athletic director. You do that by being sincere, caring about others, and…

— Sue Gunter

For us to be successful on defense, we must get back and stop the basketball, eliminate easy baskets, keep the ball out…

— Dick Bennett

I would rather have a player who has mastered two or three moves than to try to teach him six or seven.

— Norm Sloan

We put a premium on knowing what the other team does. Then we try to take them out of it.

— P. J. Carlesimo

A person really doesn't become whole, until he becomes a part of something that's bigger than himself.

— Jim Valvano

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

— John Wooden

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

— Bob Cousy

A player's ability to rebound is inversely proportional to the distance between where he was born and the nearest railroad tracks. The…

— Pete Carril

The only thing I pay attention to with free throws is what a guy does in the final four minutes of a…

— John Calipari

I believe that good defense embodies seven cardinal principle: reduce the number of your opponent's shots; force your opponent into low percentage…

— Adolph Rupp

Players who are committed to the team first will find a way to help when things are going bad, they will do…

— Dick Bennett

The more you lose, the more positive you have to become. When you're winning, you can ride players harder because their self-esteem…

— Rick Pitino

When you are speaking to your team after a game, never talk about the kid who was the star of the game.…

— Mike Krzyzewski

I always say to my guys, 'The most important day of your life is today. This very minute is the most important…

— John Chaney

At Boston University, I motivated negatively, and I found that although it can work at first, by the end of the year…

— Rick Pitino

Look for players with character and ability. But remember, character comes first.

— Joe Gibbs

Have a vision. Sell your program. Your team is going to reflect you.

— Mark Gottfried

Coaching is making men do what they don't want, so they can become what they want to be

— Tom Landry

A good coach will make his players see what they can be rather than what they are.

— Ara Parseghian

Other people go to the office. I get to coach. I know I've been blessed.

— Jim Valvano

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

— Bobby Knight

The better conditioned team will probably win in the long run.

— John Wooden

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

— Don Meyer

It's what you get from games you lose that is extremely important.

— Pat Riley

Use different basketball offensive alignments to cause confusion for the other team.

— Hubie Brown

Rebounding wins championships, you need to emphasize it and work with kids on it.

— Pat Summitt

It's not what you teach, it's what you emphasize.

— John Wooden