Coaching Quotes
- Loyalty is not unilateral. You have to give it to receive it. — Pat Summitt
- Put the Team Before Yourself. — Pat Summitt
- Rebounding wins championships, you need to emphasize it and work with kids on it. — Pat Summitt
- Sometimes you learn more from losing than winning. Losing forces you to reexamine. — Pat Summitt
- Teamwork doesn't come naturally. It must be taught. — Pat Summitt
- The more your players have to think on the basketball court, the slower their feet get. — Jerry Tarkanian
- The secret is to have eight great players and four others who will cheer like crazy. — Jerry Tarkanian
- Players will never do more than you demand. — Unknown Author
- Other people go to the office. I get to coach. I know I've been blessed. — Jim Valvano
- All really successful coaches have a system. — Jim Valvano
- Writing a manual forces you to place your thoughts and ideas down on paper. — Tara VanDerveer
- 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
- The more honor and self-respect among players, the greater the team. — Frosty Westering
- The key to the fast break is every one running hard for their teammates. — Paul Westhead
- I learned early that if I wanted to achieve anything in life, I'd have to do it myself. I learned that I had to be… — Lenny Wilkens
- Morale and attitude are the fundamentals to success. — Bud Wilkinson
- Play against the Game, not your opponent. — Bud Wilkinson
- Good defensive play is as much a matter of hustle, desire and pride as it is anything else. — Tex Winter
- Probably the most important aspect of individual defensive play is the 'close-out.' This approach to the ball should be made in a 'step-drag action' with… — Tex Winter
- I continually stress to my players that all I expect from them at practice and in the games is their maximum effort. — John Wooden
- Be quick without hurrying. — John Wooden
- I am not a strategic coach; I am a practice coach. — John Wooden
- Good players can take coaching; great players can take coaching and learn. — John Wooden
- The better conditioned team will probably win in the long run. — John Wooden
- Conditioning is essential to success in basketball. — John Wooden