Player Quotes

3631 Player quotes by 1989 unique authors

When your great players are team players, everybody else follows their lead. The best team doesn't always win - it's usually the team that gets… — John C. Maxwell
Bringing together disparate personalities to form a team is like a jigsaw puzzle. You have to ask yourself: what is the whole picture here? We… — Pat Summitt
When I played with Michael Jordan on the Olympic team, there was a huge gap between his ability and the ability of the other great… — Steve Alford
Even when I went to the playground, I never picked the best players. I picked guys with less talent, but who were willing to work… — Magic Johnson
They said you have to use your five best players but I found you win with the five who fit together the best. — Red Auerbach
It's not what you tell your players that counts. It's what they here. — Red Auerbach
What you specifically teach is what your players will do best. — Dick Bennett
Players who are committed to the team first will find a way to help when things are going bad, they will do whatever it takes.… — Dick Bennett
I concluded some time ago that a major part of success of a team, or of an individual, has a great deal to do with… — Dick Bennett
What we do at LSU is to develop players and make them better. — John Brady
If you want team play, you must stress defense. Defense makes players unselfish. — John Brady
In planning any type of offense, when a player leaves a spot always replace him with another offensive player. — Hubie Brown
We stop practice every time we see one of our players not blocking out. — Jim Calhoun
The only thing I pay attention to with free throws is what a guy does in the final four minutes of a game. If you… — John Calipari
I don't recruit players who are nasty to their parents. I look for players who realize the world doesn't revolve around them. — Pete Carril
A player's ability to rebound is inversely proportional to the distance between where he was born and the nearest railroad tracks. The greater distance you… — Pete Carril
I don't try to get players emotionally up for a game; it creates too many peaks and valleys... I strive for even keel; they will… — Denny Crum
If one of our players gets his second foul in the first half, then he must come out of the game and not re-enter until… — Chuck Daly
Systems win! Believe in your system, and then sell it to your players. — Billy Donovan
Look for players with character and ability. But remember, character comes first. — Joe Gibbs
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
Treat each player as your own son/daughter if you can...the parents have invested in you. — 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
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
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

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