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Player 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.
- Good players can take coaching; great players can take coaching and learn.
- 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.
- 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…
- I never let our players get satisfied, I never let our Coaches get satisfied, I was never satisfied. We can always do it better.
- A player who makes a team great is better than a great player.
- Although I wanted my players to work to win, I tried to convince them they had always won when they had done their best.
- You cannot attain and maintain physical condition unless you are morally and mentally conditioned. And it is impossible to be in moral condition unless you…
- Once you become a good person, then you have a chance of becoming a good basketball player.
- I always stress condition with my basketball players. I don’t mean physical condition only. You cannot attain and maintain physical condition unless you are morally…
- A coach's primary function should be not to make better players, but to make better people
- One of my constant reminders is, 'End practice on a happy note.' I want the boys to want to come out to practice; and I…
- A Dominican monk, Father Henri Didon, used it as a watchword for his pupils in sports at Arcueil College in Paris. Baron Pierre De Coubertin,…
- It is difficult for young players to learn - because of the great emphasis on records - but, ideally, the joy and frustration of sport…
- When everyone has good players, teaching will be a telling difference.
- What you do in practice is going to determine your level of success. I used to tell my players, 'You have to give 100 percent…
- I never yelled at my players much. That would have been artificial stimulation, which doesn't last very long. I think it's like love and passion.…
- What you are as a person is far more important than what you are as a basketball player.
- I talked to the players and tried to make them aware of what was good and bad, but I didn't try to run their lives.
- Players with fight never lose a game, they just run out of time
- A player who makes a team great is more valuable than a great player. Losing yourself in the group, for the good of the group,…
- Good coaching is about leadership and instilling respect in your players. Dictators lead through fear - good coaches do not.
- What you are as a person is far more important that what you are as a basketball player.
More Player Quotes
- Between the daylight gambler and the player at night there is the same difference that lies between a careless husband and the… — Honore de Balzac
- I like my players to be married and in debt. That's the way you motivate them. — Ernie Banks
- It would be a lot different for me because there is a lot of information that you need to know about as… — Ernie Banks
- I never would say a player stinks. Ever. I'll tell you their team stinks, and first of all, they know their team… — Charles Barkley
- I love little kids looking up to me, young players looking up to me, respecting me. — David Beckham
- The greatest guitar player in the world today for me is Paco de Lucia, who is actually Spanish. — George Benson
- I don't blame the players today for the money. I blame the owners. They started it. They wanna give it to 'em?… — Yogi Berra
- Insurance - an ingenious modern game of chance in which the player is permitted to enjoy the comfortable conviction that he is… — Ambrose Bierce
- Leadership is diving for a loose ball, getting the crowd involved, getting other players involved. It's being able to take it as… — Larry Bird
- Leadership is getting players to believe in you. If you tell a teammate you're ready to play as tough as you're able… — Larry Bird
- The best player I ever played with was Dennis Johnson. — Larry Bird
- The best players will play. That's the way it will always be. — Larry Bird