Pete Carril Quotes

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• Bad shooters are always open
• Coaching is preparation.
• The strength of my Princeton teams has always been attitude, intelligence and discipline.
• A guy who gives you less than what he has to give is, one, telling you what he thinks of you, and two, telling you…
• I don't recruit players who are nasty to their parents. I look for players who realize the world doesn't revolve around them.
• Once practice starts, we work hard, and that's the best conditioning there is. Everything counts. Every little thing counts. Run hard, play hard, go after…
• A player's ability to rebound is inversely proportional to the distance between where he was born and the nearest railroad tracks. The greater distance you…
• The sterner the discipline, the greater the devotion.
• The two ingredients in success in basketball are playing hard and playing intelligently.
• Winning takes character. Workers get the most out of themselves. When a body has limited talent, it must muster all its resources of character to…
• Coaches win practices, players win games
• The quality of the pass leads directly to the quality of the shot
• Get the kids to understand that they shouldn't worry about who makes the shot, only whether or not the shot is made
• Work hard to make things easier.
• A coach’s job is to put his team where it can function effectively and win,
• Winning takes character and intelligence. It is the most important thing you can do because it's a reaffirmation of your character.
• If you think you are working hard, you can work harder. If you think you are doing enough, there is more that you can do.…
• Everybody makes such a big deal today about team play because there's such a scarcity of it. Greed is a reason. You have to understand…
• In a team sport like basketball, every time you help somebody else, you help yourself.

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