Coaching Quotes

621 quotes by 313 authors

What makes a good coach? Complete dedication. — George Halas
Your ability to communicate to your young people will determine your success. — Jim Harrick
Praise your kids. Inspire and motivate your players with praise. Ten years from now it won't matter what your record was. Will your kids love… — Jim Harrick
I want to teach the post basic moves: turn and bank; drop-step and shoot a power layup; turn to the middle, pump-fake, one-bounce layup; and… — Jim Harrick
Treat each player as your own son/daughter if you can...the parents have invested in you. — Henry Iba
Unless you plan to out-rebound and out-shoot everyone you play, then you better learn to handle the ball. — Henry Iba
Basketball is a sport that involves the subtle interweaving of players at full speed to the point where they are thinking and moving as one. — Phil Jackson
Basketball is sharing. — Phil Jackson
I think the most important thing about coaching is that you have to have a sense of confidence about what you're doing. You have to… — Phil Jackson
Like life, basketball is messy and unpredictable. It has its way with you, no matter how hard you try to control it. The trick is… — Phil Jackson
The more things we can get kids to do correctly off the court, the more they will do correctly on the court. — Mike Jarvis
Offense at Indiana is not equal opportunity. Those players who shoot best are going to shoot most. It is important that every player know his… — Bobby Knight
Everyone wants to win, but not everyone is willing to prepare to win. — Bobby Knight
As coaches we talk about two things: offense and defense. There is a third phase we neglect, which is more important. It's conversion from offense… — Bobby Knight
I think that to stop an offense, you must go to the heart of that offense. If it is a particular move, a screen, the… — Bobby Knight
When we're playing a good scoring center, we tell our team that it is not our defensive man's job to stop the center. It's the… — Bobby Knight
A great way to test the conditioning of your team is the two-mile run. — Bobby Knight
Practice structure determines success. — Bobby Knight
Coach now the way you want to coach 10 years from now. — Jerry Krause
Prepare for every game like you just lost your last game. — Lon Kruger

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