Pete Carril Quotes About Coaching

• 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

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

  Pete Carril

  Integrity, Believe, Winning

• Coaching is preparation.

  Pete Carril

  Basketball, Preparation, Coaching

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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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