Better Quote by Jahlil Okafor

The coaches at Duke really helped me get better.

— Austin Rivers

In the mid-1990s, I was a young offensive coach. I received sound advice that I had a better chance ascending on the defensive side…

— Mike Tomlin

Coach K always wanted me to talk more, even when I was in college. That's something I'm going to do as I get older.

— Jayson Tatum

I learned how to prepare like a pro, how to recover like a pro, how to live like a pro while at Duke.

— Grayson Allen

Coach K was fine with the way I played defense.

— Jahlil Okafor

I think I've definitely gotten better on the defensive side from where I started.

— Christian Wood

Coach K was great. We had a couple of individual conversations and he definitely taught me a lot of things.

— DeAndre Jordan

My relationships with the Duke coaches were the best, and they made me a priority.

— Jayson Tatum

JC was good for me. I had a coach who kept me into things and thinking positive. It was good basketball, but more than…

— Larry Johnson

In my junior year, I became one of the best defenders on my team, and as the years go by my confidence gets even…

— Yuta Watanabe

Defense was one thing I was really able to work at and get better.

— Scottie Pippen

I remember being a first-year position coach and going into next season saying 'I should have been better last year, I'm better now.'

— Brian Flores