Basketball coaching Quotes · Page 4

Conditioning is essential to success in basketball.

— John Wooden

Loyalty is not unilateral. You have to give it to receive it.

— Pat Summitt

There is nothing more important than rebounding... don't just give it lip service.

— Don Meyer

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

— Bobby Knight

What we do at LSU is to develop players and make them better.

— John Brady

Good shooters take the shots; best shooters take most of the shots.

— Don Meyer

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

— Don Meyer

There are only two options regarding commitment; you’re either in or you’re out.

— Pat Riley

I continually stress to my players that all I expect from them at practice and in the games is their maximum effort.

— John Wooden

Good teams become great ones when the members trust each other enough to surrender the Me for the We.

— Phil Jackson

Parents would rather have their son get all-state than his team win the state championship.

— Don Meyer

Our offensive philosophy is to simply find a way to get the ball into the hands of our team's best player.

— Kelvin Sampson

Treat each player as your own son/daughter if you can...the parents have invested in you.

— Henry Iba

The basic premise of my system is to fatigue your opponents with constant pressure defensively and constant movement offensively.

— Rick Pitino

The greatest ally you have to get things working well and the players performing as a team is the bench. Don't be…

— John Wooden

Basketball is a sport that involves the subtle interweaving of players at full speed to the point where they are thinking and…

— Phil Jackson

We have a simple rule for switching. Anytime there is movement over the top of a screen, there has to be an…

— Ralph Miller

I think that to stop an offense, you must go to the heart of that offense. If it is a particular move,…

— Bobby Knight

We feel that the 2-2-1 press is a very effective means of controlling tempo and providing us with opportunities to capitalize on…

— Jim Calhoun

Probably the most important aspect of individual defensive play is the 'close-out.' This approach to the ball should be made in a…

— Tex Winter

And the trouble with me is that my ego just can't accept a loss. I suppose that if I were more perfectly…

— Vince Lombardi

Always have your players go and pick-up the guy who draws the charge.

— Dean Smith

Know how to win and how to lose and be able to handle adversity.

— Tom Osborne

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

— Pat Summitt

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

I think leadership is never singular. In a good organization, it's plural.

— Mike Krzyzewski

The coach should be the absolute boss, but he still should maintain an open mind.

— Red Auerbach

...you can't play any defense if the other team is on the foul line.

— Mike Krzyzewski

Play off your great player... great teams have a go-to player and they play off of him.

— Don Meyer

Pressure is something you feel when you do not know what you are doing.

— Chuck Noll

Good players can take coaching; great players can take coaching and learn.

— John Wooden

Effort and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.

— John F. Kennedy

Can your player make a curl cut and score in the lane? If so, he is the cutter.

— Don Meyer

The team is the star, never an individual player.

— John Wooden

I hold it more important to hold the player's confidence than their affection.

— Vince Lombardi

We travel in Duke stuff... They can have a hat, but it must be a Duke hat.

— Mike Krzyzewski

Quickness more than anything else should determine your amount of pressure on the ball.

— Don Meyer

A player who makes a team great is better than a great player.

— John Wooden

To win the big games you must get to the Free Throw line, and then you must make them.

— Rick Majerus