Good Basketball Quotes - Page 4

• It is not what you teach, but what you emphasize.

  Don Meyer

  Basketball, Coaching, Teach

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• Simplify the game as much as possible. When you add, you must subtract.

  Don Meyer

  Basketball, Games, Coaching

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• Recognize and reward players who put the team first, not just the gifted ones.

  Don Meyer

  Basketball, Team, Player

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• Shout praise and whisper criticism.

  Don Meyer

  Basketball, Coaching, Criticism

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• Successful programs consist of people working hard, working together, while never worrying about who gets the credit.

  Don Meyer

  Basketball, Hard Work, Successful

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• Your program must have an overriding purpose which is clearly visible and which teaches lessons beyond winning.

  Don Meyer

  Basketball, Winning, Coaching

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• Being a part of success is more important than being personally indispensable.

  Pat Riley

  Basketball, Teamwork, Volleyball

  Pat Riley (1993). “Winner Within Success”, Putnam Publishing Group

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• I keep both eyes on my man. The basket hasn't moved on me yet.

  Julius Erving

  Basketball, Eye, Men

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• I don't hire good coaches, I hire good people. If they turn out to be good coaches, too, that's a plus.

  Geno Auriemma

  Basketball, Nba, People

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• Play off your great player... great teams have a go-to player and they play off of him.

  Don Meyer

  Basketball, Team, Player

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• When you watch the game, be a student of the game.

  Don Meyer

  Basketball, Games, Coaching

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• Fans never fall asleep at our games, because they're afraid they might get hit by a pass.

  George Raveling

  Inspirational, Basketball, Fall

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• When I went to Catholic high school in Philadelphia, we just had one coach for football and basketball. He took all of us who turned out and had us run through a forest. The ones who ran into the trees were on the football team.

  George Raveling

  Basketball, Football, Running

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• Passing is your best weapon against man to man. Dribble penetration is your best weapon against zone.

  Bobby Knight

  Basketball, Men, Nba

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• People will think there are no other great ballplayers. Look at Garnett. Look at Duncan, Shaq, Kobe. Look at the players with Sacramento. The have a really good basketball team.

  Oscar Robertson

  Basketball, Team, Thinking

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• The 76ers currently play very good basketball, and we don't. However, we are still only one win behind them. If we continue to improve, we should be on the top of our division at the end of the regular season.

  Jason Kidd

  Basketball, Winning, Play

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• We win because we play together as a team.

  John Havlicek

  Basketball, Team, Winning

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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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• We're shooting 100 percent - 60 percent from the field and 40 percent from the free-throw line.

  Norm Stewart

  Inspirational, Basketball, Shooting

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