When the legs go, the heart and the head follow quickly behind.
Recognize and reward players who put the team first, not just the gifted ones.
Discipline and demand without being demeaning.
Simplify the game as much as possible. When you add, you must subtract.
It is not what you teach, but what you emphasize.
Good shooters take the shots; best shooters take most of the shots.
You build your program from the ideas of great coaches.
Play off your great player... great teams have a go-to player and they play off of him.
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.
Failure is good. It's fertilizer. Everything I've learned about coaching I've learned from making mistakes.
He who controlleth the backboard, controlleth the game.
Your defense will save you on the nights that your offense isn't working.
Loyalty is not unilateral. You have to give it to receive it.
Put the Team Before Yourself.
Sometimes you learn more from losing than winning. Losing forces you to reexamine.
Teamwork doesn't come naturally. It must be taught.
The big time is not a place; it's the state of your heart. It's not something you get; it's something you become.
Probably the most important aspect of individual defensive play is the 'close-out.' This approach to the ball should be made in a 'step-drag action' with advanced foot moving forward first and then the back foot in a boxer's type shuffling of the feet.
When you get to that level, it's not a matter of talent anymore - because all the players are so talented - it's about preparation, about playing smart and making good decisions. If I don't believe it, then they don't need me on the court. I've just got to believe that in my heart.
If that many people recognize how hard I go every night and what I put into my game, to make myself and my team better, it means a lot to mean. I'm fortunate; I'm blessed to be in the situation that I'm in right now.
But it is a black man's game, and it will be forever.
Great players are willing to give up their own personal achievement for the achievement of the group. It enhances everybody.
I couldn't have come close without my teammates' help because the Knicks didn't want me to make 100.
If I don't believe it, then they don't need me on the court. I've just got to believe that in my heart.
If you get depressed about being the second-best team in the world, then you've got a problem.
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