Players Quotes

2040 Players quotes by 1218 unique authors

I would tell players to relax and never think about what's at stake. Just think about the basketball game. If you start to think about… — Michael Jordan
Part of the charm of basketball lies in the fact that it's a simple game to understand. Players race up and down a fairly small… — Dan Jenkins
On how to make the game more exciting - Eliminate the referees, raise the basket four feet, double the size of the basketball, limit the… — Al McGuire
Mick Jagger is in better shape than far too many NBA players. It's up in the air whether the same can be said of Keith… — Bill Walton
But people don't know if I can teach the game. I know I can. My experience in Oklahoma was positive. It opened my eyes to… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
The guy said NBA players are one in a million, ... I said, 'Man, look, I'm going to be that one in a million. — Kobe Bryant
It's going to be great. A lot of the players are coming. I wasn't here when they put (Jackson) up in the rafters. But to… — Scottie Pippen
A lot of the players are not involved with any NHL team, so to play and travel around with the Oldtimers' it's a kind of… — Guy Lafleur
The goal is to make practice more difficult, physically/mentally, than anything your players will face during a game. — Bobby Knight
In practice, don't just run basketball drills, teach the players how to play basketball. — Don Meyer
Everybody wants to talk about NBA players being selfish and arrogant and individuals. But what you saw today was a team bonding and facing adversity… — Kobe Bryant
I'm playing against great players, playing against the best in the world. The competition-that's what I've always wanted. — Kobe Bryant
I want to be one of the best players in the game. — Kevin Durant
A lot of players know how to play the game, but they really don't know how to play the game, if you know what I… — LeBron James
You've got to avoid overcoaching. You've got to avoid talking too much. You've got to avoid showing players that you're the boss every time. You… — Red Auerbach
Stand up for your players. Show them you care on and off the court. — Red Auerbach
If you're straight with your players, they'll be straight with you. — Al McGuire
Anytime you get an award as a coach, you've got to be the ultimate fool to think it wasn't your assistant coaches and all the… — Don Meyer
I don't think coaches should have to wear mic's. It is an invasion of privacy. We are trying to accomplish things, and wearing microphones may… — Steve Nash
Our goal as a team is to keep playing as a group for as long as we can because you will never have that team… — Don Meyer
You have to defeat a great players aura more than his game. — Pat Riley
Although I wanted my players to work to win, I tried to convince them they had always won when they had done their best. — John Wooden
Five players on the floor functioning as a single unit: team, team, team-no one more important than the other. — Gene Hackman
My philosophy is that you can't motivate players with speeches, you have motivated players that you draft. That's where they come in and those are… — Phil Jackson
Just remember, their fans think their players are supermen. We'll we're the kryptonite, and we're going to win. — Jim Larranaga

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