Good basketball Quotes · Page 2

I don't hire good coaches, I hire good people. If they turn out to be good coaches, too, that's a plus.

— Geno Auriemma

I think Jeff Hornacek is a very, very good basketball coach and an outstanding person.

— Jeff Van Gundy

Passing is your best weapon against man to man. Dribble penetration is your best weapon against zone.

— Bobby Knight

The two ingredients in success in basketball are playing hard and playing intelligently.

— Pete Carril

I think Villanova is a really good basketball team and Jay Wright's a great coach.

— Jay Williams

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

— Don Meyer

How good can we expect to be if our best player is not our best teammate

— Brad Stevens

A lot of guys who can play really good basketball can drop 40 on you, and it's the same thing with LeBron.

— Bojan Bogdanovic

I can't say I go through life liking it and that I pursue to be hated, but I did pursue to be…

— Christian Laettner

I'm just another one of the guys who happens to be really good at basketball and don't look like I should be.

— Alex Caruso

Duke recruits the best basketball players. They don't recruit dunkers or highlight makers. They recruit good basketball players.

— Zion Williamson

I don't try to get players emotionally up for a game; it creates too many peaks and valleys... I strive for even…

— Denny Crum

Sport has been so good to me. The amount of basketball I've played over my lifetime, ran track, played football, played organized…

— Doug Burgum

JC was good for me. I had a coach who kept me into things and thinking positive. It was good basketball, but…

— Larry Johnson

In all the research you do as a coach, studying other coaches and championship-type situations, you find that all those teams combined…

— Pat Riley

There are a lot of great athletes on the PGA Tour and a lot of good basketball players. But I can definitely…

— Tony Finau

It is foolish to expect a young man to follow your advice and to ignore your example.

— Don Meyer

Fans never fall asleep at our games, because they're afraid they might get hit by a pass.

— George Raveling

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

— Don Meyer

When your role players start stepping up and playing good basketball, it's a good sign.

— Danny Green

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

— Dean Smith

Basketball is a beautiful game when the five players on the court play with one heartbeat.

— Dean Smith

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

— Jim Valvano

Systems win! Believe in your system, and then sell it to your players.

— Billy Donovan

When I dunk, I put something on it. I want the ball to hit the floor before I do.

— Darryl Dawkins

I just try to go out there and win, and play good basketball.

— George Hill

Adam [Sandler] is a good basketball player, so he is a natural athlete, he worked with Sean Salisbury to make his footwork…

— Bill Goldberg

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

— Bob Cousy

If you like basketball, you enjoy watching good basketball. And if you don't like watching good basketball, go watch rowing.

— Diana Taurasi

If all I'm remembered for is being a good basketball player, then I've done a bad job with the rest of my…

— Anonymous

The goal is to make practice more difficult, physically/mentally, than anything your players will face during a game.

— Bobby Knight

People will think there are no other great ballplayers. Look at Garnett. Look at Duncan, Shaq, Kobe. Look at the players with…

— Oscar Robertson

Successful programs consist of people working hard, working together, while never worrying about who gets the credit.

— Don Meyer

It's very important to know how to dribble and pass and catch and cut at a very high level if you want…

— Christian Laettner

When it's played the way is supposed to be played, basketball happens in the air; flying, floating, elevated above the floor, levitating…

— John Edgar Wideman

You never make any of the shots you never take. 87% of the ones you do take, you'll miss too. I make…

— Larry Bird

I'm not playing this game just to be a good basketball player. I want to be one of the greatest to ever…

— Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

We win because we play together as a team.

— John Havlicek

To do the right thing at the right season is a great art.

— Helio Gracie

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

— Don Meyer