Basketball Coach Quotes - Page 3

• It is foolish to expect a young man to follow your advice and to ignore your example.

  Don Meyer

  Basketball, Men, Nba

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• A coach is someone who can give correction without causing resentment.

  John Wooden

  Life, Basketball, Teamwork

  John Wooden (2013). “Quotes from Coach John Wooden: Winning with Principle”, p.88, B&H Publishing Group

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• People want to be on a team. They want to be part of something bigger than themselves. They want to be in a situation where they feel that they are doing something for the greater good.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Basketball, Volleyball, Team

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  Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.

  John Wooden

  Inspirational, Success, Basketball

  John Wooden, Jack Tobin, Bill Walton (2004). “They Call Me Coach”, McGraw Hill Professional

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• You can't live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you.

  John Wooden

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Fellowship of Christian Athletes, John Wooden (2010). “The Greatest Coach Ever: Timeless Wisdom and Insights of John Wooden”, p.101, Gospel Light Publications

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• Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be.

  John Wooden

  Inspirational, Life, Change

  John Wooden (2013). “Quotes from Coach John Wooden: Winning with Principle”, p.102, B&H Publishing Group

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• There is no such thing as life in-between.

  Pat Riley

  Motivational, Basketball, Sports

  Pat Riley (1993). “The winner within: a life plan for team players”, Putnam Adult

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• Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.

  Calvin Coolidge

  Inspirational, Motivational, Strength

  Quoted in Quotable Calvin Coolidge, ed. Peter Hannaford (2001).

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• Most of my learning and philosophy regarding coaching basketball was developed after great frustration.

  Dick Bennett

  Basketball, Philosophy, Frustration

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• What you specifically teach is what your players will do best.

  Dick Bennett

  Basketball, Player, Coaching

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• Winning is not a sometime thing; it's an all time thing. You don't win once in a while, you don't do things right once in a while, you do them right all the time. Winning is habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Volleyball

  Vince Lombardi, Balance Design (1998). “Motivation Lombardi Style”

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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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• If you laugh, you think, and you cry, that's a full day. That's a heck of a day. You do that seven days a week, you're going to have something special.

  Jim Valvano

  Basketball, Thinking, Nba

  Arthur Ashe Courage Award Acceptance Address, delivered 3 March 1993

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• How do you go from where you are to where you wanna be? And I think you have to have an enthusiasm for life. You have to have a dream, a goal. And you have to be willing to work for it.

  Jim Valvano

  Motivational, Basketball, Dream

  Arthur Ashe Courage Award Acceptance Address, delivered 3 March 1993

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• Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence.

  Calvin Coolidge

  Motivational, Wisdom, Perseverance

  Quoted in Quotable Calvin Coolidge, ed. Peter Hannaford (2001).

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• Giving yourself permission to lose guarantees a loss.

  Pat Riley

  Basketball, Motivational Sports, Loss

  Pat Riley (1993). “The winner within: a life plan for team players”, Putnam Adult

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• The main ingredient of stardom is the rest of the team.

  John Wooden

  Leadership, Basketball, Teamwork

  John Wooden (2013). “Quotes from Coach John Wooden: Winning with Principle”, p.63, B&H Publishing Group

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• To me, teamwork is the beauty of our sport, where you have five acting as one. You become selfless.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Basketball

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• It isn't about what you do, but how you do it

  John Wooden

  Ucla, Inspirational Basketball, Motivational Basketball

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  The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man's determination.

  Tommy Lasorda

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

  Twitter post from Aug 24, 2015

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• Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.

  Calvin Coolidge

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  Vice President Mike Pence's Speech at Grove City College, time.com. May 20, 2017.

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• I asked a ref if he could give me a technical foul for thinking bad things about him. He said, of course not. I said, well, I think you stink. And he gave me a technical. You can't trust em.

  Jim Valvano

  Trust, Basketball, Motivational Sports

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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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• If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.

  Michael Jordan

  Inspirational, Basketball, Wisdom

  Michael Jordan (1994). “I can't accept not trying: Michael Jordan on the pursuit of excellence”

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• I concluded some time ago that a major part of success of a team, or of an individual, has a great deal to do with the intangible qualities possessed. The real key is in how a person see himself (humility), how he feels about what he does (passion), how he works with others (unity), how he makes others better (servanthood), and how he deals with frustration and success, truly learning from each situations (thankfulness). I believe those concepts are the essence of a good player, team, coach, or individual in any capacity in life.

  Dick Bennett

  Basketball, Team, Real

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