Best Basketball Coaching Thoughts
208 Basketball Coaching quotes by 55 unique authors
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Our offensive philosophy is to simply find a way to get the ball into the hands of our team's best player.
— Kelvin Sampson
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Deep down, your players must know you care about them. This is the most important thing. I could never get away with what I do…
— Bo Schembechler
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Know what you want to emphasize, then do it daily.
— Larry Shyatt
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To be successful you need to have good, happy Players.
— Norm Sloan
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Help your players to control their emotions - do this through example.
— Norm Sloan
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I would rather have a player who has mastered two or three moves than to try to teach him six or seven.
— Norm Sloan
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Practices should be for the players and not the coach. Practices should be fun for the players, positive in nature, and last no more than…
— Norm Sloan
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Our conditioning program begins the first day of class. The running portion is very demanding. It has physiological advantages, as well as psychological advantages.
— Norm Sloan
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In going for the last shot of the game most people wait too long to take the shot. Give yourself a chance to get the…
— Norm Sloan
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If it doesn't bother you, it won't bother them.
— Pat Summitt
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If you want to be in the game you better shoot 75% from the line.
— Pat Summitt
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Loyalty is not unilateral. You have to give it to receive it.
— Pat Summitt
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Put the Team Before Yourself.
— Pat Summitt
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Rebounding wins championships, you need to emphasize it and work with kids on it.
— Pat Summitt
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Sometimes you learn more from losing than winning. Losing forces you to reexamine.
— Pat Summitt
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Teamwork doesn't come naturally. It must be taught.
— Pat Summitt
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The more your players have to think on the basketball court, the slower their feet get.
— Jerry Tarkanian
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The secret is to have eight great players and four others who will cheer like crazy.
— Jerry Tarkanian
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Players will never do more than you demand.
— Unknown Author
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Other people go to the office. I get to coach. I know I've been blessed.
— Jim Valvano
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All really successful coaches have a system.
— Jim Valvano
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Writing a manual forces you to place your thoughts and ideas down on paper.
— Tara VanDerveer
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The big time is not a place; it's the state of your heart. It's not something you get; it's something you become.
— Frosty Westering
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The more honor and self-respect among players, the greater the team.
— Frosty Westering
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The key to the fast break is every one running hard for their teammates.
— Paul Westhead
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