Best Basketball Thoughts
2577 Basketball quotes by 676 unique authors
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By itself, practice does not make perfect. Those of us with a ten-year-old son practicing the trumpet may understand that.
— Unknown Author
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We try to stress the little things because little things lead to big things.
— Steve Alford
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They said you have to use your five best players but I found you win with the five who fit together the best.
— Red Auerbach
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It's not what you tell your players that counts. It's what they here.
— Red Auerbach
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Most of my learning and philosophy regarding coaching basketball was developed after great frustration.
— Dick Bennett
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What does this program/team need this week?
— Dick Bennett
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What you specifically teach is what your players will do best.
— Dick Bennett
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Practice to beat the best.
— Dick Bennett
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We teach offense 5-0/5-5 (whole method) and defense by part (1-1/3-3).
— Dick Bennett
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For us to be successful on defense, we must get back and stop the basketball, eliminate easy baskets, keep the ball out of the lane,…
— Dick Bennett
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Players who are committed to the team first will find a way to help when things are going bad, they will do whatever it takes.…
— Dick Bennett
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I concluded some time ago that a major part of success of a team, or of an individual, has a great deal to do with…
— Dick Bennett
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Coaches can talk and talk and talk about something, but if you get it on tape and show it to them, it is so much…
— Larry Bird
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What we do at LSU is to develop players and make them better.
— John Brady
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You get what you tolerate!
— John Brady
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If you don't hold your team accountable then you will lose credibility and your team will be spoiled.
— John Brady
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If you want team play, you must stress defense. Defense makes players unselfish.
— John Brady
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Criticize on defense and encourage on offense.
— John Brady
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Don't try to imitate other coaches. Be your own person with your own style and do your own thing.
— Hubie Brown
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In planning any type of offense, when a player leaves a spot always replace him with another offensive player.
— Hubie Brown
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No one is bigger than the team. You're going to be on time, you're going play hard, you're going to know your job and you're…
— Hubie Brown
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Use different basketball offensive alignments to cause confusion for the other team.
— Hubie Brown
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When it comes to celebrating, act like you've been there before.
— Unknown Author
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We stop practice every time we see one of our players not blocking out.
— Jim Calhoun
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We feel that the 2-2-1 press is a very effective means of controlling tempo and providing us with opportunities to capitalize on the mistakes of…
— Jim Calhoun
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