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Basketball Quotes by Pete Carril
- 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 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
- In a team sport like basketball, every time you help somebody else, you help yourself.
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