Quotes about basketball
basketball enemy good-to-great
Go from good to great because good is the enemy of great. Don Meyer
basketball cutting player
Can your player make a curl cut and score in the lane? If so, he is the cutter.
basketball trials calm
I have learned that peace is not the absence of trial, trouble, or torment but the presence of calm in the midst of them
basketball running player
Only run special plays for special players; find plays that fit your players.
basketball want great-basketball
If you want to thank me, go do something for somebody else
basketball team player
Play off your great player... great teams have a go-to player and they play off of him.
basketball ideas coaching
You build your program from the ideas of great coaches.
basketball practice games
Make the practices like games and the games like practices.
basketball games lasts
Ten minutes after you lose that last game, you start working on next season.
basketball practice games
You have to learn things in every game because you are not going to be able to practice two-and-a-half to three hours (during the season), so the games have to be the ultimate learning experience.
basketball math important
We have 2,500 students and an 8,000-seat basketball arena. You do the math on how important basketball is in Aberdeen.
basketball play hard
We sure didn't play great, but we played hard. And I can live with that.
basketball distance track
The ability to rebound is in inverse proportion to the distance your house is from the nearest railroad tracks.
basketball coaching teach
It is not what you teach, but what you emphasize.
basketball winning games
Winning a postseason game is like winning five regular season games. There is just no feeling like it. Everything is magnified. Every free throw, turnover, shot and play.
basketball play
You have to learn to play with what you've got.
basketball player two
Put your two best players away from the ball and bring it back to them.
basketball mean hands
If I cover my head with my hands, it means deny the ball to the opponent's ball handler.
basketball want assistants
I tell everyone that I have 25,000 assistant coaches. If I want to know something, I just go to the grocery store.'
basketball
We can always do it better.
basketball team trying
As a coach, you're just trying to figure out how to keep a team on edge. You've got to find that edge.
basketball attitude coaching
Every day you teach attitude.
basketball beautiful differences
We painted a beautiful picture, but we just didn't finish it. Finishing is the difference between a beautiful picture and a masterpiece.
basketball victory defeat
What you accept in victory, you must accept in defeat.
basketball winning championship
You aren't going to win championships unless you make layups and free throws.
basketball heart coaching
When the legs go, the heart and the head follow quickly behind.
basketball running guy
Shared suffering: one guy messes up and everyone runs. One guy does well and everyone benefits.
basketball giving coaching
There is nothing more important than rebounding... don't just give it lip service.
basketball age green
When you get to be my age, you don't buy green bananas because you may not be around to eat them.
basketball team coaching
The team is an extension of the coach.
basketball dirty pigs
Administrators are like pigs; don't wrestle with a pig because you both get dirty and the pig likes it.
basketball team coaching
To be a team, you must be a family.
basketball player coaching
Players must do what you want them to do in pressure situations.