You don't win without talent, but your talent has to have purpose. — J. B. Bickerstaff Purpose Copy Share Image
I hope I continue to learn. If I don't, then I know everything. — J. B. Bickerstaff Continue Copy Share Image
I'm always for constructive conversation, meaningful conversation, not just words, but conversation. — J. B. Bickerstaff Always Copy Share Image
Through the regular season, if you get really good at what you do, teams will have a hard time adjusting to you. — J. B. Bickerstaff Good Copy Share Image
No matter what your job is, you know that you need to have a routine, that you need to be disciplined, you… — J. B. Bickerstaff Discipline Copy Share Image
My brother and I used to laugh and say, 'Normal kids went to day care, and we went to the gym.' — J. B. Bickerstaff Brother Copy Share Image
Small ball, spacing, shooting 3s, is something that everybody's trying to do. — J. B. Bickerstaff Everybody Copy Share Image
You can have old guys who aren't willing to be coached just like you can have young guys who aren't willing to… — J. B. Bickerstaff Like Copy Share Image
It's not the way you want to get a job, to see someone you admire and look up to and learned so… — J. B. Bickerstaff Admire Copy Share Image
You go with what you got. That's the thing about having a system, then you plug guys into your system. — J. B. Bickerstaff About Copy Share Image
Every day, you learn something. That's the same as assistant coach and the same as a head coach. You should continue to… — J. B. Bickerstaff Basketball Copy Share Image
Some guys, when they play with other elite players, they end up being too unselfish; or guys who are used to having… — J. B. Bickerstaff End Copy Share Image
Conflict resolution, all those things, are important. When you're in a group environment, you have to have those. If you don't, things… — J. B. Bickerstaff Communication Copy Share Image
A lot of times, people think of selfish, and they think of offense, but you can be selfish on the defensive end… — J. B. Bickerstaff Being Copy Share Image
My dad traveled so much for work that, when he was home, we always wanted to spend as much time with him… — J. B. Bickerstaff Dad Copy Share Image
As a coach, the more experience you have, the more you're around players, it helps so you see how guys learn, ways… — J. B. Bickerstaff Coach Copy Share Image
When you want to win, and you want to go to work every day, you want to work with high character people;… — J. B. Bickerstaff Character Copy Share Image
Grinding is a mindset and a willingness and commitment to work at it. — J. B. Bickerstaff Commitment Copy Share Image
Any good defensive team has a strong anchor, because he cleans up mistakes. — J. B. Bickerstaff Anchor Copy Share Image
It's always fun when you get to go somewhere new and you get to meet new people and get new experiences. — J. B. Bickerstaff Experiences Copy Share Image
It's hard to argue with a coach who says, 'I just want you to work.' What can you say to that without… — J. B. Bickerstaff Coach Copy Share Image
As an assistant coach, the wins and losses don't tally up on your record, so you don't necessarily have that to fall… — J. B. Bickerstaff Bigger picture Copy Share Image
During the regular season, you don't have the sort of time you do in the playoffs to prepare for people, so you've… — J. B. Bickerstaff Football Copy Share Image
We're all smart enough to figure out Xs and Os - it's basketball, it's not advanced calculus. But the most important thing… — J. B. Bickerstaff Basketball Copy Share Image
If you look at the teams that mix and match their starting lineup a great deal, that sort of inconsistency frequently leads… — J. B. Bickerstaff Consistency Copy Share Image
Let's face it, first-time assistant coaches normally don't walk into jobs with two perennial All-Stars on a team that just got bounced… — J. B. Bickerstaff Assistant coaches Copy Share Image
I watch a ton of movies. Going way back, I like 'The Godfather.' 'The Matrix' was one of my favorites - the… — J. B. Bickerstaff Movie Copy Share Image
My dad always took over teams, except for Washington, that were rebuilding, and you hear the taunting, the jokes, negative, awful things… — J. B. Bickerstaff Age Copy Share Image
