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I wasn't as critical during games as I was at practice. Players needed confidence during games more than criticism.
— Dean Smith
Players will never do more than you demand.
— Jimmy Tillette
I continually stress to my players that all I expect from them at practice and in the games is their maximum effort.
— John Wooden
Although I wanted my players to work to win, I tried to convince them they had always won when they had done their best.
— John Wooden
A key basketball skill is imagery. The best players "see" situations before they happen so they can be prepared
— Jack Ramsay
The highest level of achievement is attained by the teams with the best conditioned players
— Jack Ramsay
They said you have to use your five best players but I found you win with the five who fit together the best.
— Red Auerbach
The players have no real self-esteem when it comes to putting the best image out there in a real competitive fashion.
— Oscar Robertson
I'm playing against great players, playing against the best in the world. The competition-that's what I've always wanted.
— Kobe Bryant
Kobe's an incredibly talented athlete, and there are many more like him among today's players.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
I'm looking for players who make their teammates better. You do that with enthusiasm and passion.
— Mike Krzyzewski
I don't recruit players who are nasty to their parents. I look for players who realize the world doesn't revolve around them.
— Pete Carril
You learn from everybody. You learn from the players. You learn from great coaches. You learn from great teams
— Tom Thibodeau
As players see themselves getting better through skill sessions, they will want to get in the gym more
— Billy Donovan
In all my years one thing has never changed; You win with serious, tough-minded players. That never changes
— Tom Thibodeau
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
Great players never look in the mirror and think I'm a great basketball player. You ask yourself, Am I the best player I can be?
— Michael Jordan
The goal is to make practice more difficult, physically/mentally, than anything your players will face during a game.
— Bobby Knight
Even the greatest players accept coaching and value the need for discipline and the order that it brings to the team
— Jack Ramsay
I want to be one of the best players in the game.
— Kevin Durant
I think that basketball players should get the job done no matter how it looks on the screen.
— Oscar Robertson
Basketball is great; no one in Europe seems to believe just how close the spectators can sit to the players.
— Michael Douglas
Few players have cast a spell across the game like Yao Ming, before or since.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
What I've talked about the entire series and throughout this playoffs is about intensity and effort, desire and will of our players.
— Bill Laimbeer
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.
— John Wooden
Players must be able to carry out simple instructions from the bench to the court. If they can't, then they can't play
— Bobby Knight
On good teams coaches hold players accountable, on great teams players hold players accountable
— Joe Dumars
I think coaches sometimes foul their own players out of game by benching them too long when in foul trouble
— Jeff Van Gundy
Your best players have to unite and inspire the group ... otherwise, they'll divide the group
— Jeff Van Gundy
I don't know hardly any of the players who have the in-between game like me, who can go to any position on the court.
— Oscar Robertson
We may not be the best conditioned team in the country, but our players think they are.
— John Wooden
Coaches win practices, players win games
— Pete Carril
