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Coaching Quotes by John Wooden
- I continually stress to my players that all I expect from them at practice and in the games is their maximum effort.
- Be quick without hurrying.
- I am not a strategic coach; I am a practice coach.
- Good players can take coaching; great players can take coaching and learn.
- The better conditioned team will probably win in the long run.
- Conditioning is essential to success in basketball.
- I do not want players who do not have a keen desire to win and do not play hard and aggressively to accomplish that objective.
- We may not be the best conditioned team in the country, but our players think they are.
- Losing is only temporary and not encompassing. You must simply study it, learn from it, and try hard not to lose the same way again.…
- Do passing drills that come from your offense.
- The team is the star, never an individual player.
- The greatest ally you have to get things working well and the players performing as a team is the bench. Don't be afraid to use…
- It's not what you teach, it's what you emphasize.
- Remember this, the choices you make in life, make you.
- Be more concerned with your character than your reputation.
- As a leader, you will receive a large amount of praise and criticism and you should not unduly affected by either.
- I never let our players get satisfied, I never let our Coaches get satisfied, I was never satisfied. We can always do it better.
- When people ask me now if I miss coaching UCLA basketball games, the national championships, the attention, the trophies, and everything that goes with them,…
- The general feeling is, if you don't treat everyone the same you're showing partiality. To me, that's when you show the most partiality, when you…
- You've never heard of them- and you never will .
- Profound responsibilities come with teaching and coaching. You can do so much good–or harm. It’s why I believe that next to parenting, teaching and coaching…
- Over-coaching can be more harmful than under-coaching. Keep it simple!
- When I was coaching I always considered myself a teacher. Teachers tend to follow the laws of learning better than coaches who do not have…
- Everything we know, we learned from someone else!
- No matter how you total success in the coaching profession it all comes down to a single factor - talent. There may be a hundred…
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- I don't look to jump over 7-foot bars: I look around for 1-foot bars that I can step over. — Warren Buffett
- I always thought I could do a good job coaching, but the opportunities have not presented themselves. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
- I have been coaching recently. I coached high school basketball in Arizona, and I hope that more opportunities become available. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
- Either love your players or get out of coaching. — Unknown Author
- I learned this about coaching: You don't have to explain victory and you can't explain defeat. — Darrell Royal