Basketball Coaching Quotes - Page 9

• Leadership starts at the top.

  Morgan Wootten

  Basketball, Coaching

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• We may not be the best conditioned team in the country, but our players think they are.

  John Wooden

  Basketball, Country, Team

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• Coach now the way you want to coach 10 years from now.

  Jerry Krause

  Basketball, Years, Coaching

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• Good sound habits are more important than rules - use concepts.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Basketball, Coaching, Important

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• Coaches can talk and talk and talk about something, but if you get it on tape and show it to them, it is so much more effective.

  Larry Bird

  Basketball, Coaching, Tape

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• You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one.

  John Wooden

  Inspirational, Basketball, Motivational Sports

  "The Wizard's wisdom: 'Woodenisms'", www.espn.com. June 4, 2010.

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• The most important quality I look for in a player is accountability. You've got to be accountable for who you are. It's too easy to blame things on someone else.

  Lenny Wilkens

  Motivational, Basketball, Sports

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• A player who makes a team great is better than a great player.

  John Wooden

  Basketball, Sports, Teamwork

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• And the trouble with me is that my ego just can't accept a loss. I suppose that if I were more perfectly adjusted, I would toss off defeat, but my name is on this ball club. Thirty-six men publicly reflect me and reflect on me, and it's a matter of my pride.

  Vince Lombardi

  Motivational, Basketball, Sports

  Vince Lombardi (2014). “Run to Daylight!: Vince Lombardi’s Diary of One Week with the Green Bay Packers”, p.192, Simon and Schuster

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• You can't defer if you're the person who's in the leadership position.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Basketball, Coaching, Position

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• The team is the star, never an individual player.

  John Wooden

  Basketball, Stars, Team

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• I never let our players get satisfied, I never let our Coaches get satisfied, I was never satisfied. We can always do it better.

  John Wooden

  Basketball, Player, Coaching

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• It's not what you tell your players that counts. It's what they hear.

  Red Auerbach

  Basketball, Player, Coaching

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• Regardless of what you do put in, every game boils down to doing the things you do best and doing them over and over again.

  Vince Lombardi

  Motivational, Basketball, Softball

  Vince Lombardi (2014). “Run to Daylight!: Vince Lombardi’s Diary of One Week with the Green Bay Packers”, p.49, Simon and Schuster

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• The more honor and self-respect among players, the greater the team.

  Frosty Westering

  Basketball, Sports, Football

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• Blocking out is everyday, every drill, all the time. We run sprints every time someone does not blockout.

  Rick Majerus

  Basketball, Running, Block

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• What makes a good coach? Complete dedication.

  George Halas

  Basketball, Football, Commitment

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• I don't think we surprise people. We try to out-execute them.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Basketball, Thinking, People

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• As coaches we talk about two things: offense and defense. There is a third phase we neglect, which is more important. It's conversion from offense to defense and defense to offense.

  Bobby Knight

  Basketball, Offense And Defense, Two

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• Like life, basketball is messy and unpredictable. It has its way with you, no matter how hard you try to control it. The trick is to experience each moment with a clear mind and open heart. When you do that, the game - and life - will take care of itself.

  Phil Jackson

  Basketball, Heart, Games

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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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• Do passing drills that come from your offense.

  John Wooden

  Basketball, Coaching, Passing

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• Losing is only temporary and not encompassing. You must simply study it, learn from it, and try hard not to lose the same way again. Then you must have the self-control to forget about it.

  John Wooden

  Basketball, Self, Coaching

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• Unless you plan to out-rebound and out-shoot everyone you play, then you better learn to handle the ball.

  Henry Iba

  Basketball, Play, Coaching

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• I want to teach the post basic moves: turn and bank; drop-step and shoot a power layup; turn to the middle, pump-fake, one-bounce layup; and I want to teach five power moves. They are power layup straight up; pump-fake one bounce to the other side power layup; pogo when you catch it up high, keep it up high, and shoot it; and then the two-hand follow shot.

  Jim Harrick

  Basketball, Moving, Hands

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