Best Basketball Coaching Words
208 Basketball Coaching quotes by 55 unique authors
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When you watch the game, be a student of the game.
— Don Meyer
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The team is an extension of the coach.
— Don Meyer
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Players must do what you want them to do in pressure situations.
— Don Meyer
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When the legs go, the heart and the head follow quickly behind.
— Don Meyer
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The ability to rebound is in inverse proportion to the distance your house is from the nearest railroad tracks.
— Don Meyer
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Successful programs consist of people working hard, working together, while never worrying about who gets the credit.
— Don Meyer
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If it comes down to you or the program that decision was made long ago.
— Don Meyer
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Every day you teach attitude.
— Don Meyer
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To be a team, you must be a family.
— Don Meyer
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Shout praise and whisper criticism.
— Don Meyer
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Recognize and reward players who put the team first, not just the gifted ones.
— Don Meyer
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Discipline and demand without being demeaning.
— Don Meyer
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Simplify the game as much as possible. When you add, you must subtract.
— Don Meyer
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There is nothing more important than rebounding... don't just give it lip service.
— Don Meyer
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Shared suffering: one guy messes up and everyone runs. One guy does well and everyone benefits.
— Don Meyer
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Players who are late say that their time is more important than the team.
— Don Meyer
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It is not what you teach, but what you emphasize.
— Don Meyer
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Parents would rather have their son get all-state than his team win the state championship.
— Don Meyer
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Put your two best players away from the ball and bring it back to them.
— Don Meyer
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Good shooters take the shots; best shooters take most of the shots.
— Don Meyer
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Only run special plays for special players; find plays that fit your players.
— Don Meyer
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You build your program from the ideas of great coaches.
— Don Meyer
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Play off your great player... great teams have a go-to player and they play off of him.
— Don Meyer
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Can your player make a curl cut and score in the lane? If so, he is the cutter.
— Don Meyer
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It doesn't matter where you coach, it matters why you coach.
— Don Meyer
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