Coaching Quote by Billy Donovan

My first introduction to Russell Westbrook was as a leader. It was pretty impressive.

— Ben Howland

I haven't been to too many basketball games before and watching an NBA game with some of the sport's biggest stars present was a…

— Dmitry Bivol

Michael Jordan was a tremendous basketball player.

— Lee Trevino

Michael Jordan was a great individual and a great player. You can't say enough about what he brought to the game. He took the…

— John Starks

I influenced the NBA a little bit.

— Nick Young

Phil Jackson was a brilliant basketball coach, not just because of the offense that he employed, but it was so many other things that…

— Jeff Van Gundy

The Energy job was probably the key. It kind of transitioned me back into the States. It gave me a link to the NBA.…

— Nick Nurse

My best coach was Rudy Tomjanovich because he asked the players what they wanted to do. He felt we had a feel for the…

— Robert Horry

One thing that the coaching staff and the assistant coaches did a really good job of working me on was shaping myself into an…

— Pat Connaughton

I loved basketball.

— Patrick Corbin

I coached Derrick Thomas for the first three years of his career. He was a special player.

— Bill Cowher

Kobe's journey really was the entire dream for him. I think that was really cool, and spoke true to how I want to have…

— Jessica Pegula