Pete Carril Quotes

• Get the kids to understand that they shouldn't worry about who makes the shot, only whether or not the shot is made

  Pete Carril

  Basketball, Kids, Nba

  Pete Carril, Dan White (2004). “The Smart Take from the Strong: The Basketball Philosophy of Pete Carril”, p.116, U of Nebraska Press

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• Coaches win practices, players win games

  Pete Carril

  Basketball, Winning, Player

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• If you think you are working hard, you can work harder. If you think you are doing enough, there is more that you can do. No one really ever exhausts his full potential.

  Pete Carril

  Hard Work, Thinking, Full Potential

  Pete Carril, Dan White (2004). “The Smart Take from the Strong: The Basketball Philosophy of Pete Carril”, p.37, U of Nebraska Press

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• A guy who gives you less than what he has to give is, one, telling you what he thinks of you, and two, telling you what he thinks of himself.

  Pete Carril

  Basketball, Motivational Sports, Thinking

  Pete Carril, Dan White (2004). “The Smart Take from the Strong: The Basketball Philosophy of Pete Carril”, p.196, U of Nebraska Press

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• Everybody makes such a big deal today about team play because there's such a scarcity of it. Greed is a reason. You have to understand the influence of greed. A player has to be selfish in the pursuit of the development of his skills, but he cannot be selfish when it comes time to blend them in with what's good for his team.

  Pete Carril

  Selfish, Team, Player

  Pete Carril, Dan White (2004). “The Smart Take from the Strong: The Basketball Philosophy of Pete Carril”, p.80, U of Nebraska Press

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• In a team sport like basketball, every time you help somebody else, you help yourself.

  Pete Carril

  Leadership, Basketball, Sports

  Pete Carril, Dan White (2004). “The Smart Take from the Strong: The Basketball Philosophy of Pete Carril”, p.70, U of Nebraska Press

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• 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 live from the poor side of the railroad tracks, the less likely that you will be a good rebounder.

  Pete Carril

  Basketball, Distance, Player

  Pete Carril, Dan White (2004). “The Smart Take from the Strong: The Basketball Philosophy of Pete Carril”, p.135, U of Nebraska Press

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• If you yell at a kid and he gets mad at you, you've lost him. If you yell at a kid and he gets mad at himself, then you have something.

  Pete Carril

  Kids, Mad, Lost

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• The two ingredients in success in basketball are playing hard and playing intelligently.

  Pete Carril

  Basketball, Two, Ingredients

  Pete Carril, Dan White (2004). “The Smart Take from the Strong: The Basketball Philosophy of Pete Carril”, p.16, U of Nebraska Press

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• Bad shooters are always open

  Pete Carril

  Basketball, Coaching, Shooter

  Pete Carril, Dan White (2004). “The Smart Take from the Strong: The Basketball Philosophy of Pete Carril”, p.63, U of Nebraska Press

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• 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

  Basketball, Player, Parent

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• Work hard to make things easier.

  Pete Carril

  Sports, Hard Work, Psychology

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• The quality of the pass leads directly to the quality of the shot

  Pete Carril

  Basketball, Nba, Quality

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• Once practice starts, we work hard, and that's the best conditioning there is. Everything counts. Every little thing counts. Run hard, play hard, go after the ball hard, guard hard. If you play soft (what I call signing a 'non-aggression pact' with your teammates), you won't ever get into shape.

  Pete Carril

  Basketball, Running, Hard Work

  Pete Carril, Dan White (2004). “The Smart Take from the Strong: The Basketball Philosophy of Pete Carril”, p.153, U of Nebraska Press

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• Winning takes character and intelligence. It is the most important thing you can do because it's a reaffirmation of your character.

  Pete Carril

  Character, Winning, Important

  Pete Carril, Dan White (1997). “The Smart Take from the Strong: The Basketball Philosophy of Pete Carril”, p.37, Simon and Schuster

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• Sometimes I feel tomorrow is the last. Some days I feel like I can go for years. I think my goal is that I enjoy coaching. I don't think I want to stop working. I think my dad worked in steel work for almost 50 years. The minute you saw him stop working you could see him go apart. I don't want to do that.

  Pete Carril

  Dad, Thinking, Goal

  Source: www.cyinterview.com

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• The strength of my Princeton teams has always been attitude, intelligence and discipline.

  Pete Carril

  Basketball, Attitude, Team

  Pete Carril, Dan White (2004). “The Smart Take from the Strong: The Basketball Philosophy of Pete Carril”, p.97, U of Nebraska Press

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• I believe the objective of coaching is winning with integrity.

  Pete Carril

  Integrity, Believe, Winning

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• Winning takes character. Workers get the most out of themselves. When a body has limited talent, it must muster all its resources of character to overcome adversity.

  Pete Carril

  Basketball, Character, Adversity

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• A coach's job is to put his team where it can function effectively and win.

  Pete Carril

  Jobs, Team, Winning

  Pete Carril, Dan White (2004). “The Smart Take from the Strong: The Basketball Philosophy of Pete Carril”, p.25, U of Nebraska Press

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• Coaching is preparation.

  Pete Carril

  Basketball, Preparation, Coaching

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• Starting out as a junior varsity coach in high school you pick up things along the way and put them all together. Something has gotta come out of it. It's basically stuff I picked up from other people.

  Pete Carril

  School, People, Together

  Source: www.cyinterview.com

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• The sterner the discipline, the greater the devotion.

  Pete Carril

  Inspirational, Sports, Volleyball

  Pete Carril, Dan White (2004). “The Smart Take from the Strong: The Basketball Philosophy of Pete Carril”, p.104, U of Nebraska Press

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