30 Second Time-out

Don Meyer: Player Praise and Criticism

2012-02-13T09:38:00.000-05:00

"Shout praise and whisper criticism."
- Don Meyer

Hubie Brown: Be Your Own Coach

2012-02-12T10:02:00.000-05:00

"Don't try to imitate other coaches. Be your own person with your own style and do your own thing."
- Hubie Brown

Mike McConathy: Relationships

2012-02-10T09:50:00.000-05:00

"Building relationships is the key for being happy as a coach. Players must want to play for you. If they are comfortable with you, they will work hard for you."
- Mike McConathy, Northwestern State University

John Wooden's Pyramid of Success: Team Spirit

2011-12-21T09:03:00.000-05:00

"An eagerness to sacrifice personal interest or glory for the welfare of all."
- John Wooden

John Wooden's Pyramid of Success: Cooperation

2011-12-07T10:23:00.002-05:00

"Cooperation - the sharing of ideas, information, creativity, responsibilities, and tasks; a priority of good leadership. The only thing that is not shared is blame. A strong leader accepts blame and gives credit (when deserved) to others."
- John Wooden

John Wooden's Pyramid of Success: Skill

2011-11-30T09:28:00.000-05:00

"You'd better be able to execute quickly and properly. That's skill. As much as I value experience, and I value it greatly, I'd rather have a lot of skill and less experience than a lot of experience and very little skill."
- John Wooden

John Wooden's Pyramid of Success: Self-Control

2011-11-03T09:50:00.000-04:00

"Self-Control is most essential for discipline and mastery of emotions. You cannot function effectively unless your emotions are under control. That is why I did not engage in pre-game pep talks to stir emotions to a sudden peak. Control of self is difficult when an individual is riled up with emotions. Careless mistakes are likely to occur."
- John Wooden

Sun Tzu: Winning Mindset

2011-10-06T15:19:00.000-04:00

"Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win."

- Sun Tzu

John Wooden's Pyramid of Success: Alertness

2011-09-28T09:40:00.000-04:00

"There is something going on around us at all times from which we can acquire knowledge if we have alertness. Too often we get lost in our tunnel vision and we don't see the things that are right in front of us for the taking, for the learning."
- John Wooden

John Wooden: A True Winner

2011-09-16T09:03:00.000-04:00

"I always tried to make clear that basketball is not the ultimate. It is of small importance in comparison to the total life we live. There is only one kind of life that truly wins, and that is the one that places faith in the hands of the Savior. Until that is done, we are on an aimless course that runs in circles and goes nowhere."
- John Wooden

Shaq on... Shaq

2011-09-08T12:09:00.000-04:00

"I think fans say, 'He's big, he can run, he's funny, he dives on the floor, he dunks with his left or right hand, and he's got lots of tricks in his bag.' If I was a fan, I'd come watch me play, too."
- Shaquille O'Neal

John Wooden's Pyramid of Success: Enthusiasm

2011-09-02T13:24:00.000-04:00

"Simply put, I mean you must love that which you do. Your heart must be in it. Without enthusiasm you cannot work up to your fullest ability and potential; you're just going through the motions. And just going through the motions won't bring you to the level of competitive greatness we seek whether in basketball, business, or life."
- John Wooden

John Wooden's Pyramid of Success: Competitive Greatness

2011-08-25T08:43:00.000-04:00

"For more than half a century I have defined Competitive Greatness as follows: 'A real love for the hard battle, knowing it offers the opportunity to be at your best when your best is required.'"
- John Wooden

Roberto Clemente: Making a Difference

2011-07-20T11:40:00.000-04:00

"Anytime you have the opportunity to make a difference in this world and you don't, you are wasting your time on Earth."
- Roberto Clemente

Frank Martin: Demand more...

2011-07-13T11:17:00.000-04:00

"All of us grown ups, let's stop blaming kids by saying that 'they are different.' No, they are not. We are different. We accept and demand less of them."
- Frank Martin

Muhammad Ali: Courage

2011-07-11T15:42:00.002-04:00

"He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life."
- Muhammad Ali

John Wooden's Pyramid of Success: Loyalty

2011-07-05T13:48:00.000-04:00

"It is impossible to be a good leader without loyalty to your organization - your team - just as it is impossible to be a good citizen without loyalty to your country."
- John Wooden

Magic Johnson: What kids need...

2011-06-29T15:59:00.000-04:00

"All kids need is a little help, a little hope, and somebody who believes in them."
- Earvin "Magic" Johnson

John Wooden's Pyramid of Success: Friendship

2011-06-24T09:32:00.000-04:00

"The two qualities of friendship so important for a leader to possess and instill in team members are respect and camaraderie. To me these are the most noteworthy characteristics of true friendship as it pertains to leadership."
- John Wooden

Coach Wooden: Teaching

2011-06-21T08:34:00.000-04:00

"No written word, no spoken plea, can teach our youth what they should be, nor all the books on all the shelves, it's what the teachers are themselves."
- John Wooden

Vince Lombardi on Coaches...

2011-06-16T09:13:00.000-04:00

"Coaches who can outline plays on a blackboard are a dime a dozen. The one's who win get inside their players and motivate."
- Vince Lombardi

Red Auerbach: Talking vs. Coaching

2011-06-08T14:05:00.000-04:00

"It's not what you tell your players that counts. It's what they hear."
- Arnold "Red" Auerbach

Coach Wooden: Determination

2011-05-31T10:07:00.000-04:00

"The road to real achievement is usually bumpy and long, but you do not give up. You may have setbacks. You may have to start over. You may have to change your method. You may have to go around, or over, or under. You may have to back up and get another start. But you do not quit. You stay the course."
- John Wooden

Bill Russell: Mental Toughness

2011-05-26T09:38:00.000-04:00

"Concentration and mental toughness are the margins of victory."
- Bill Russell

Bo Schembechler: Winning and Losing

2011-05-19T11:27:00.000-04:00

"When your team is winning, be ready to be tough, because winning can make you soft. On the other hand, when you team is losing, stick by them. Keep believing."
- Bo Schembechler

John Wooden's Pyramid of Success: Condition

2011-05-19T10:01:00.002-04:00

"You must be conditioned for whatever you're doing if you're going to do it right - to the best of your ability. There are different types of condition for different professions."
- John Wooden

Coach Wooden: When knowledge is not enough...

2011-05-17T10:47:00.000-04:00

"Knowledge is not enough to get desired results. You must have the more elusive ability to teach and to motivate. This defines a leader; if you can't teach and you can't motivate, you can't lead."
- John Wooden

Gordon Hayward: The List

2011-05-13T15:00:00.002-04:00

1. Play in the NBA.
2. Major contributor on D-1 college team.
3. Make Indiana All-Stars.
4. Start at Brownsburg High School (20-30 ppg as senior).
5. Start as junior and sophomore.
6. Varsity as freshman.
7. Start on seventh/eighth-grade teams.
8. Start on sixth-grade team.

This list of goals was written by Utah Jazz forward Gordon Hayward as a five-year-old. I'd say the kid has done pretty well...

Coach Wooden: "Going Pro"

2011-05-13T13:44:00.000-04:00

"People come up to me and say, 'Aren't you proud of all these players who went pro?' I am, but no more so than those who played for me, didn't play pro ball and still made a success of themselves."
- John Wooden

They Call Him "Coach"

2011-05-11T12:57:00.000-04:00

The following is a poem (written by an unknown author) about the greatest coach to ever grace the sidelines, Farrell High's legendary Edward J. McCluskey...

He sits on the bench, his face in a frown,

As he watches his players, run upcourt and down.

He's a shrewd kind of coach, and one of the best,

For in 28 years, he's passed test after test.

He had a losing season the first year he came,

But after that mark it's been nothing but fame.

For the man has a record that no coach can claim,

He took a small school - and gave it a name.

That name, it rings loud, both afar and near,

And in most, it creates an uncanny fear.

He looks for the players who'll listen and learn,

And often spurns cagers with talent to burn.

He seeks out the boys that can play as a team,

And forgets about others who make scoring their dream.

He's a coach that demands one hundred percent,

And boys who don't give it don't play for this gent.

He's truly "The Master," a builder of pride,

A molder of champions, who by him abide.

That man's named McCluskey, and basketball his life,

He eats, sleeps, and drinks it - with its happiness and strife.

For no greater coach has ever walked on the floor,

And he and his Steelers have been something - and more.

This man named McCluskey, what more can one say,

It's just best to watch his Farrell teams play.

He holds numerous records, beyond any reproach,

And though called many nicknames, his friends call him "Coach."

More on Ed McCluskey...

Coached Farrell High School from 1949-1977
Won seven PIAA State Championships (most in Pennsylvania history)
Won 11 WPIAL Championships (most in league history)
Compiled an overall record of 698-185 at Farrell

Here are two great articles on Coach McCluskey...
"Have a Memory About Coach Ed McCluskey?"
"About Coach McCluskey"

Coach Don Meyer: Three Team Rules

2011-05-10T11:38:00.000-04:00

Rule No. 1: Everybody takes notes.

Rule No. 2: Everybody says, "Yes, sir," "Yes, ma'am," "No, sir," and "No, ma'am." In other words, be courteous to everybody.

Rule No. 3: Everybody picks up trash.

Vince Lombardi's Faith

2011-05-07T09:46:00.001-04:00

"I've got a great faith in God. I'm quite dependent upon my Maker, really. I don't think I do anything without some thought in that area."
- Vince Lombardi

Vince Lombardi: Teamwork

2011-05-06T09:35:00.000-04:00

"Individual commitment to a group effort - that's what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work."
- Vince Lombardi

Bill Russell: The Way It Is

2011-05-05T12:00:00.001-04:00

"My attitude always was that you come into a place or a situation, and it exists. It's not good, it's not bad. It's not right, it's not wrong. It just is."
- Bill Russell

Demand More...

2011-05-04T14:45:00.000-04:00

"I don't think there's a kid that left Saint Anthony who doesn't think I'm the most demanding person they've ever come across."
- Bob Hurley
St. Anthony High School, Jersey City, NJ

John Wooden: Motivation

2011-05-03T09:01:00.000-04:00

"Motivating through fear may work in the short term to get people to do something, but over the long run I believe personal pride is a much greater motivator. It produces far better results that last for a much longer time."
- John Wooden

Dwight D. Eisenhower: Competing

2011-05-03T08:58:00.000-04:00

"When you are in any contest you should work as if there were - to the very last minute - a chance to lose it."
- Dwight D. Eisenhower

Coach Wooden: Swagger

2011-04-26T09:10:00.000-04:00

"Earn the right to be proud and confident."
- John Wooden

John Wooden's Pyramid of Success: Intentness

2011-04-22T10:45:00.000-04:00

"It is the ability to resist temptation and stay the course, to concentrate on your objective with determination and resolve. Impatience is wanting too much too soon. Intentness doesn't involve wanting something. It involves doing something often for a very long time."
- John Wooden

Coach Wooden: Success

2011-04-12T09:10:00.000-04:00

"Never try to be better than someone else. Learn from others, and try to be the best you can be. Success is the by-product of that preparation."
- John Wooden

Geno Auriemma: Good Players

2011-04-11T15:39:00.000-04:00

"You only have so many good players. Make sure you put them in positions where they can be good."
- Geno Auriemma

Andy Toole: Poise

2011-04-11T15:34:00.002-04:00

"Have the poise to make a good decision under pressure."
- Andy Toole

Frank Martin: What's a Good Shot?

2011-04-09T22:12:00.001-04:00

1. You have to be open.
2. It's a shot you can make.
3. It's a shot we can rebound.

Brad Stevens: Butler's Rules for Winning

2011-04-09T13:07:00.001-04:00

1. Team first.
2. Improve on a daily basis.
3. Be tough with the ball.
4. Dominate defensively.
5. Take great shots.
6. Dominate effort plays.

Pat Riley on Excellence

2011-04-05T16:02:00.001-04:00

"Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better."
- Pat Riley

Morgan Wootten: Four Priorities

2011-04-01T14:51:00.000-04:00

"A fundamental job of a coach is to help the athletes get their priorities in order. At DeMatha, we encourage our players to devote themselves to four things:

1. God
2. Family
3. School
4. Basketball

Everything else must come after these. Show me young people who have their priorities in order, and I'll show you players who have the best chance of getting the most out of their lives, both on and off the court."
- Morgan Wootten
DeMatha Catholic High School, Hyattsville, MD

Woody Hayes: "Earning What You Get"

2011-04-01T14:49:00.000-04:00

“Any time you give a man something he doesn't earn, you cheapen him. Our kids earn what they get, and that includes respect.”
- Woody Hayes

Vince Lombardi on Sacrifice

2011-03-31T10:25:00.000-04:00

"Those who have invested the most are the last to surrender."
- Vince Lombardi

Coach K: Imagination

2011-03-28T09:52:00.000-04:00

"Imagination has a great deal to do with winning."
- Mike Krzyzewski

John Wooden's Pyramid of Success: Industriousness

2011-03-28T09:31:00.000-04:00

"You can work without being industrious, but you can not be industrious without work."
- John Wooden

Coach Wooden: Great Players

2011-03-24T09:11:00.002-04:00

"A player who makes a team great is much more valuable than a great player."
- John Wooden

Al McGuire: Keep It Simple

2011-03-16T15:53:00.000-04:00

"Keep it simple; when you get too complex you forget the obvious."
- Al McGuire

John Wooden: Hard Work

2011-03-11T11:52:00.001-05:00

"There is no substitute for hard work. If you're looking for the easy way, if you're looking for the trick, you might get by for a while, but you will not be developing the talents that lie within you. There is simply no substitute for work."
- John Wooden

Coach Wooden: Character

2011-03-10T09:38:00.003-05:00

"The true test of a man's character is what he does when no one is watching."
- John Wooden

John Wooden: The Right Path

2011-03-07T09:25:00.000-05:00

"My father, Joshua Hugh Wooden, was the one who set me on the right path. He had a common sense of wisdom and prfound decency that has always been my inspiration."
- John Wooden

Do you out-work your team?

2011-03-03T10:00:00.001-05:00

As a coach, if you are not the hardest worker in the gym everyday, how can you expect your team to put forth maximum effort everyday?

Pete Carril: Team Camaraderie

2011-03-03T09:39:00.000-05:00

"How do you know your team has camaraderie? I can tell by the way they walk off the floor at the end of practice. You can feel their happiness vibrating; you can see how they work out together; you can watch it in the locker room - what they're talking about, the level of excitement. There are so many ways you can feel it, and it's better to feel it than to hear it. 'Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter,' John Keats said. The camaraderie practically comes out of their bodies. After they're done playing, they become friends for life - that's one of the most significant and enduring features of a team sport. And you don't feel that way when you're losing. When you lose you hear a lot of bitching and moaning. Losing reveals things."
- Pete Carril

Pete Carril's Three Basics

2011-03-02T08:56:00.000-05:00

"If a guy cannot pass, the ball stops moving. If he cannot shoot, he will always be open. If he cannot dribble, he cuts his value to the team by one third. Furthermore, if he cannot dribble, the defense will attack him."
- Pete Carril

Hubie Brown's Kind of Player

2011-03-01T15:23:00.000-05:00

"No one is bigger than the team. You're going to be on time, you're going play hard, you're going to know your job, and you're going to know when to pass and shoot. If you can't do those four things you're not getting time here, and we don't care who you are."
- Hubie Brown

Bob Knight: Interior Defense

2011-02-28T10:25:00.000-05:00

"When we're playing a good scoring center, we tell our team that it is not our defensive man's job to stop the center. It's the responsibility of our perimeter people to stop the ball from going inside."
- Bob Knight

John Wooden: The Value of Money

2011-02-24T08:54:00.002-05:00

"My father gave me a $2 bill for my grade school graduation and said, 'Hold onto this and you'll never be broke.' I still have it. A lot of times that's all I've had. But I've never been broke."
- John Wooden

John Wooden's Pyramid of Success: Confidence

2011-02-22T10:01:00.000-05:00

"There is perhaps no stronger steel than well-founded self-belief: the knowledge that your preparation is complete, that you have done all things possible to ready yourself and your organization for the competition, whatever forms it comes in. This is confidence."
- John Wooden

Coach Wooden's "Four Laws of Learning"

2011-02-21T10:16:00.000-05:00

1. Explanation
2. Demonstration
3. Correction
4. Repetition

Coach Hurley on Practice

2011-02-18T14:07:00.000-05:00

"I love practice. If it were up to me, we'd not play any games, we'd just practice."
- Bob Hurley

Don Meyer: "How Lucky You Can Be"

2011-02-14T11:05:00.002-05:00

Meyer was asked why he loves basketball. His lower jaw began to quiver, and tears filled his eyes. "You play the game when you're a kid," he said. "You want to be great, you want to play professionally, and then you're not good enough, so you have to do something else. So you coach - and than you really get lucky because you work with kids. And I love to see how a team can improve and kids improve. So that's why I coach. I mean, there's nothing better than that. It just eats you up inside how lucky you can be to coach."

An excerpt from Buster Olney's book How Lucky You Can Be: The Story of Coach Don Meyer

"Wizard of Westwood"

2011-02-10T09:42:00.000-05:00

Wooden was often called the "Wizard of Westwood," which he didn't like...

"I'm no wizard, and I don't like being throught of in that light at all. I think of a wizard as being some sort of magician or something, doing something on the sly or something, and I don't want to be thought of in that way. Coach is fine."
- John Wooden

Coach Don Meyer on Winning...

2011-02-09T14:12:00.000-05:00

"Winning is a by-product of hard work - but winning is not the most important thing. Playing the game the right way is the important thing."
- Don Meyer

John Wooden's Pyramid of Success: Poise

2011-01-31T10:27:00.000-05:00

"Poise means holding fast to your principles and acting in accordance with them regardless of how bad or good the situation may be. Poise means avoiding pose or pretense, comparing yourself to others, or acting like someone of something you're not. Poise means having a brave heart in all circumstances."
- John Wooden

Don Meyer: Control

2011-01-26T14:52:00.002-05:00

"The only things you can control are your effort and your attitude."
- Don Meyer

Coach Wooden: Mental Toughness

2011-01-21T13:37:00.000-05:00

"Promise yourself to be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind."
- John Wooden

John Wooden: Trust

2011-01-18T10:48:00.002-05:00

"It has been said that you will be hurt occasionally if you trust too much. This may be true, but you will live in torment if you do not trust enough."
- John Wooden

Mike Rice: Consistency

2011-01-14T12:27:00.000-05:00

"One thing consistent about us is we're inconsistent. That's with our energy, skill level, and need and want."
- Mike Rice

Coach Wooden's True Greatness

2011-01-11T09:32:00.001-05:00

"True greatness is ultimately incomprehensible and inexplicable. And John Wooden was truly great. Study all the clues he gave us and it's still impossible to replicate the standards he set. Coach Wooden can't be copied."
- Steve Jamison

John Wooden's Pyramid of Success: Initiative

2011-01-10T14:00:00.002-05:00

"Initiative means having the courage to make decisions and take action. Simple as that. Keep in mind that we are all going to fail at times. You must understand this and not fear failure. None of us is perfect. But if you are afraid to fail you will never do the things you are capable of doing."
- John Wooden

John Wooden: Love for your players

2011-01-07T09:18:00.000-05:00

"One of my favorite coaches, Amos Alonzo Stagg, once said he never had a player he did not love. He had many he didn't like and didn't respect, but he loved them just the same. I hope my players know that I love them all. There are times I didn't like them. There were times I didn't like my own children, but it never had anything to do with my love for them."
- John Wooden

John Wooden: Team Rules

2011-01-05T12:38:00.000-05:00

"One day Bill Walton came to practice wearing a beard. I said, 'Bill, have you forgotten something?' He said, 'Coach, I think I should be allowed to wear it. It's my right.' So I asked him, 'Do you believe in that strongly?' He said, 'Yes, I do, coach.' I said to him, 'Bill, I have great respect for individuals who stand up for those things in which they believe. And the team is going to miss you.' Bill shaved and returned to practice."
- John Wooden

Kevin Eastman: Winning Teams

2011-01-04T11:24:00.000-05:00

"Winning teams play the right way and for the right reasons. Playing as a team and for the team. No personal agendas!"
- Kevin Eastman, Boston Celtics

twitter.com/kevineastman

Tara Vanderveer: Toughness

2010-12-31T09:53:00.000-05:00

"You're going to get grabbed, pushed, shoved. How you decide to respond will determine the outcome of the game."

- Tara Vanderveer, Stanford Women's Basketball

via Sefu Bernard, Point Guard College
twitter.com/SefuBernard

Mike Rice: Want vs. Need

2010-12-28T14:13:00.000-05:00

"We can't want to be good, we have to need it."
- Mike Rice

Merry Christmas

2010-12-24T10:00:00.000-05:00

And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord. This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger."

Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying, "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests."

When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, "Let's go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about."

So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger. When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child, and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them. But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart. The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told.
- Luke 2:8-20

Gandhi on Effort...

2010-12-13T13:35:00.000-05:00

"Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment. Full effort is full victory."
- Mahatma Gandhi

Larry Bird on Practice...

2010-12-07T14:13:00.003-05:00

"I don't know if I practiced more than anybody, but I sure practiced enough. I still wonder if somebody - somewhere - was practicing more than me."
- Larry Bird

Larry Bird: How to play the game

2010-12-07T14:11:00.000-05:00

"Push yourself again and again. Don't give an inch until the final buzzer sounds."

- Larry Bird

Larry Bird: Leadership, Part Two

2010-12-07T14:09:00.000-05:00

"Leadership is diving for a loose ball, getting the crowd involved, getting other players involved. It's being able to take it as well as dish it out. That's the only way you're going to get respect from the players."
- Larry Bird

Dick Bennett: Team Players

2010-12-02T11:11:00.000-05:00

"Players who are committed to the team first will find a way to help when things are going bad, they will do whatever it takes. Kids that are more into themselves will not do that. They will take care of themselves and get more individual when things are tough."
- Dick Bennett

Mike Rice: Teamwork

2010-11-23T13:48:00.000-05:00

"I preach everyday teamwork and being there for you teammate. Being a good teammate isn't applauding or giving up part of your sub sandwich. It's about jumping to the ball, details, boxing out, setting your man up. The little things."
- Mike Rice

Bill Parcells: Simple Rules

2010-11-18T08:40:00.000-05:00

"Blame no one. Expect nothing. Do something."
- Bill Parcells

via Kevin Eastman, Boston Celtics
twitter.com/kevineastman

Coach K: Basketball "Egos"

2010-11-17T12:18:00.001-05:00

"We're trying to establish basketball egos. Some people call them roles. It's deeper than that. It's your basketball ego."
- Mike Krzyzewski

An excerpt from Coach K's interview on ESPN's Mike & Mike in the Morning

Bob Knight: Working Hard

2010-11-16T09:31:00.000-05:00

"We should not have to push you to work hard. You should work hard because you want to be a great player."
- Bob Knight

Reggie Miller: Pregame Preparation

2010-11-12T11:51:00.001-05:00

"Show up early and smell the gym"
- Reggie Miller

Guys like Larry Bird, Reggie Miller, and Ray Allen got to the gym as early as four hours before games started. Any coincidence they're arguably the three best shooters in NBA history?

Coach K on Fatigue

2010-11-10T08:52:00.002-05:00

"Don't let tired beat you."
- Mike Krzyzewski

via Bob Starkey, Louisiana State University

twitter.com/LSUCoachStarkey

Coaching Legend Ralph Miller on Switching Screens...

2010-11-09T10:55:00.000-05:00

"We have a simple rule for switching: anytime there is movement over the top of a screen, there has to be an automatic switch. If a blind pick is set on one of our defensive players, there has to be a switch. To play good pressure defense, you have to use the switch."
- Ralph Miller

Tex Winter on Defense

2010-11-04T11:13:00.000-04:00

"Good defensive play is as much a matter of hustle, desire, and pride as it is anything else."
- Tex Winter

Don Meyer: Basketball and Life

2010-11-03T13:55:00.002-04:00

"Every lesson on court is a lesson in life."
- Don Meyer

via Lyndsey Fennelly, Point Guard College

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Red Auerbach: Five Guys

2010-11-02T16:02:00.000-04:00

"They said you have to use your five best players but I found you win with the five who fit together the best."
- Arnold "Red" Auerbach

Scottie Pippen: Role Acceptance

2010-10-28T15:48:00.000-04:00

"Sometimes a player's greatest challenge is coming to grips with his role on the team."
- Scottie Pippen

Coach K on "Screwing Up"...

2010-10-27T14:51:00.004-04:00

"When you screw up, admit you are wrong. Apologize in front of the whole team. To admit a mistake is not a weakness, it is a strength."
- Mike Krzyzewski

via Alan Stein, Stronger Team
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Red Auerbach's Coaching Philosophy

2010-10-26T10:08:00.000-04:00

"Be and look prepared. Be a man of integrity. Never break your word. Don't have two sets of standards. Stand up for your players. Show them you care on and off the court."
- Arnold "Red" Auerbach

Morgan Wootten: Good, Better, Best

2010-10-25T09:59:00.000-04:00

"Good, better, best. Never let it rest until the good is better, better than best."

Hank Iba on Ballhandling...

2010-10-22T10:31:00.000-04:00

"Unless you plan to out-rebound and out-shoot everyone you play, then you better learn to handle the ball."
- Hank Iba