There is nothing more important than rebounding... don't just give it lip service.
I always say to my guys, 'The most important day of your life is today. This very minute is the most important of you life. You must win this minute. You must win this day. And tomorrow will take care of itself.
Work hard, stay focused and surround yourself with good people.
Players must do what you want them to do in pressure situations.
If it comes down to you or the program that decision was made long ago.
You get what you tolerate!
Administrators are like pigs; don't wrestle with a pig because you both get dirty and the pig likes it.
If you don't hold your team accountable then you will lose credibility and your team will be spoiled.
Pressure is something you feel when you do not know what you are doing.
The more you lose, the more positive you have to become. When you're winning, you can ride players harder because their self-esteem is high. If you are losing and you try to be tough, you're asking for dissension.
You build your program from the ideas of great coaches.
Building relationships is the key for being happy as a coach. Players must want to play for you. If they are comfortable with you, they will work hard for you.
At Boston University, I motivated negatively, and I found that although it can work at first, by the end of the year everyone is dying for the year to end and you have lost them. The last two years at BU, I motivated positively and got much better results.
It doesn't matter where you coach, it matters why you coach.
You better have great practices.
Courage gives a leader the ability to stand straight and not sway, no matter which way the wind blows.
The more your players have to think on the basketball court, the slower their feet get.
Other people go to the office. I get to coach. I know I've been blessed.
Effort and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.
The secret is to have eight great players and four others who will cheer like crazy.
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.
Criticize on defense and encourage on offense.
If you want team play, you must stress defense. Defense makes players unselfish.
In all the research you do as a coach, studying other coaches and championship-type situations, you find that all those teams combined talent with great defense. You've got to stop other teams to win.
Every day you teach attitude.
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