If we magnified blessings as much as we magnify disappointments, we would all be much happier.
If a Coach is determined to stay in the coaching profession, he will develop from year to year. This much is true, no coach has a monopoly on the knowledge of basketball. There are no secrets in the game. The only secrets, if there are any, are good teaching of sound fundamentals, intelligent handling of men, a sound system of play, and the ability to instill in the boys a desire to win.
The first shot does not beat you.
For us to be successful on defense, we must get back and stop the basketball, eliminate easy baskets, keep the ball out of the lane, and bother the shooters.
Leadership starts at the top.
Picking an assistant coach, the first thing I was interested in was the man's character.
We may not be the best conditioned team in the country, but our players think they are.
A great way to test the conditioning of your team is the two-mile run.
They said you have to use your five best players but I found you win with the five who fit together the best.
Practice structure determines success.
Coach now the way you want to coach 10 years from now.
Good sound habits are more important than rules - use concepts.
I do not want players who do not have a keen desire to win and do not play hard and aggressively to accomplish that objective.
The more things we can get kids to do correctly off the court, the more they will do correctly on the court.
I think the most important thing about coaching is that you have to have a sense of confidence about what you're doing. You have to be a salesman and you have to get your players, particularly your leaders, to believe in what you're trying to accomplish on the basketball floor.
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.
Defense can't guard two things in a row.
A lot of guys go through their whole careers and don't win a championship, but are still great coaches.
I don't recruit players who are nasty to their parents. I look for players who realize the world doesn't revolve around them.
Good players can take coaching; great players can take coaching and learn.
We put a premium on knowing what the other team does. Then we try to take them out of it.
Treat each player as your own son/daughter if you can...the parents have invested in you.
Use different basketball offensive alignments to cause confusion for the other team.
Basketball is a sport that involves the subtle interweaving of players at full speed to the point where they are thinking and moving as one.
Don't try to imitate other coaches. Be your own person with your own style and do your own thing.
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