Nba Quotes - Page 18

• When your best player puts it on the line every day, the other guys can't cut corners

  George Karl

  Basketball, Cutting, Player

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• I have had some bad shooting games but that doesn't stop me from getting the ball to my teammates

  Jason Kidd

  Basketball, Games, Balls

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• Championship teams are built on being prepared, playing unselfishly and being held accountable.

  Jason Kidd

  Basketball, Team, Championship

  "Kidd to coach Nets". www.foxnews.com. June 12, 2013.

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• The tough player is the one who is difficult to play against and easy to play with

  Jay Bilas

  Basketball, Player, Tough

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• In 19 years Stockton never once lost a suicide drill in practice. Well, there was one day. He was sick. But he still ran it

  Jerry Sloan

  Basketball, Suicide, Years

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• On good teams coaches hold players accountable, on great teams players hold players accountable

  Joe Dumars

  Basketball, Team, Player

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• Freshman want to play. Sophomores want to start. Juniors want to score. Seniors want to win

  John Beilein

  Basketball, Senior, Winning

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• Whether I start or come off the bench makes no difference to me. My game has always been go as hard as I can as long as I can

  John Havlicek

  Basketball, Games, Differences

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• You need to work as hard to be a great teammate as you do to be a great player

  Jon Gordon

  Basketball, Player, Needs

  Twitter post from Oct 18, 2016

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• A team is a group of players who support one another on court and who think of the group before they think of themselves

  K. C. Jones

  Basketball, Team, Player

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• You don't go through life, you grow through life

  Kevin Ollie

  Basketball, Grows

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• You must have your player's heads and hearts before they will do anything for you

  Lawrence Frank

  Basketball, Heart, Player

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• Winning is the first priority. Individual development is important, but if each guy gets better, the team gets better

  Lawrence Frank

  Basketball, Team, Winning

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• I love seeing my teammates succeed. That's what I get more excited about than anything

  LeBron James

  Basketball, Teammate, Succeed

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• It always amazes me that spectators want to coach, coaches want to officiate, and officials just want to watch the game

  Lou Holtz

  Basketball, Games, Watches

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• It's fun to play defense. It's fun to watch the opponent sweat on offense, start complaining to the officials, and eventually be taken out of the game because he's making so many offensive mistakes

  Maury John

  Basketball, Fun, Mistake

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• You don't need great skill to be a tough rebounder; being a rebounder is all about effort, determination, and physicality

  Michael Malone

  Basketball, Determination, Skills

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• Evaluate wins and losses objectively, focusing more on effort and execution than on the outcome of the game

  Morgan Wootten

  Basketball, Loss, Winning

  Morgan Wootten, Joe Wootten (2012). “Coaching Basketball Successfully-3rd Edition”, p.15, Human Kinetics

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• When you work on getting better at something, don't do it half speed

  Ray Allen

  Basketball, Get Better, Half

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• One of the hardest things for a ball player to do is to accept his role

  Scottie Pippen

  Basketball, Player, Balls

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• We have the mentality of the hunter. We want to be the most enthusiastic team in the country. That's what we can control

  Shaka Smart

  Basketball, Country, Team

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• The day I stopped worrying about stats is the day I started winning

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Basketball, Winning, Worry

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• You create shots for yourself by what you do without the ball more than what you do after you get it

  Steve Alford

  Basketball, Balls, Shots

  Steve Alford (1998). “Basketball Guard Play”, McGraw-Hill

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• I know the strengths and weaknesses of my teammates. I make my passing decisions accordingly

  Steve Nash

  Basketball, Decision, Weakness

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• The pick and roll is more about bodies and eyes then speed and being fast

  Steve Nash

  Basketball, Eye, Body

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