Coaching Quotes

621 Coaching quotes by 295 unique authors

Discipline and demand without being demeaning. — Don Meyer
Simplify the game as much as possible. When you add, you must subtract. — Don Meyer
There is nothing more important than rebounding... don't just give it lip service. — Don Meyer
Shared suffering: one guy messes up and everyone runs. One guy does well and everyone benefits. — Don Meyer
Players who are late say that their time is more important than the team. — Don Meyer
It is not what you teach, but what you emphasize. — Don Meyer
Parents would rather have their son get all-state than his team win the state championship. — Don Meyer
Put your two best players away from the ball and bring it back to them. — Don Meyer
Good shooters take the shots; best shooters take most of the shots. — Don Meyer
Only run special plays for special players; find plays that fit your players. — Don Meyer
You build your program from the ideas of great coaches. — Don Meyer
Play off your great player... great teams have a go-to player and they play off of him. — Don Meyer
Can your player make a curl cut and score in the lane? If so, he is the cutter. — Don Meyer
It doesn't matter where you coach, it matters why you coach. — Don Meyer
In evaluating the way in which ball possessions are gained during the course of a game, we find that 60 to 80 percent of the… — Ralph Miller
We have a simple rule for switching. Anytime there is movement over the top of a screen, there has to be an automatic switch. If… — Ralph Miller
When covering the man with the ball, the defense should be able to touch the ball with his hand. He should assume this touching position… — Ralph Miller
Your contribution as a coach is defending and rebounding. — Dick Motta
Regard your team as a family. Give the same attention to the bottom guy as you do the top guy. You have a responsibility to… — Pete Newell
Pressure is something you feel when you do not know what you are doing. — Chuck Noll
Work hard, stay focused and surround yourself with good people. — Tom Osborne
Have a spiritual basis which guides you in life. Have a philosophy of life to live by. — Tom Osborne
Know how to win and how to lose and be able to handle adversity. — Tom Osborne
The key to coaching is not what you do, but the way you do it. The intangibles, the motivational parts of the game are the… — Rick Pitino
At Boston University, I motivated negatively, and I found that although it can work at first, by the end of the year everyone is dying… — Rick Pitino

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