Coaching Quotes

• Phil Jackson
  • The ideal way to win a championship is step by step.
  • I think the most important thing about coaching is that you have to have a sense of confidence about what you’re doing.
• Tommy Amacker (on recruiting)
  • “Is this a player that I would like to play with?”
• Tom Coughlin:
  • “Humble enough to prepare, confident enough to perform.
• Bruce Lee
  • I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who had practiced one kick 10,000 times”?
• Art of war
  • “Before Enlightenment chop wood carry water, after Enlightenment, chop wood carry water.”
  • “Act as the sea when the enemy is like a mountain, act as a mountain when the enemy is like a sea”  – don’t repeat the same strategy over and over
• Sherman Alexi
  • Joining a new culture is exhausting
• Zen
  • “Before Enlightenment chop wood carry water, after Enlightenment, chop wood carry water.”
• Dave Paulsen in one of his clinics
  • The root of passion is love – love for the game. This is visible through embracing the grind
  • burn your boats – make sure your guys are all the way bought in
• Maslow
  • When all you’ve got is a hammer every problem looks like a nail
• Can’t remember the author of these quotes but still like them
  • When you feel down, cheer someone on
  • “Disappointment is in the difference between expectation and realization.”
  • “You hear, you forget.  You see, you remember.  You do you understand.”
  • “Families communicate”
  • When things get tough, energy levels need to go up
  • Improve daily
• Gandhi
  • Be the change you want to see in others
• Bob Knight: “Basketball is the most over coached, and under taught, game in the world”
  • Only run a play if there is a specific advantage to be gained. Otherwise, use a ‘framework’ to TEACH players how to play, and what decisions to make.
  • Allow players the freedom to think/react within a common structure.
  • This increases the value of a good PG- a floor general. Must control tempo.
• Mark Twain
  • “Why not go out on a limb? That’s where the fruit is.”