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Basketball, like all sports, is predicated on the execution of fundamentals. The coach is a teacher. His subject: fundamentals — Jack Ramsay

I was a much better writer than I was an athlete. My college coach told me flat out, he said, "Deford, you write basketball better than you play it." — Frank Deford

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

Your contribution as a coach is defending and rebounding. — Dick Motta

Any old coach will say the game was meant for finesse. It's a beautiful game, especially on television. — Dean Smith

I could maybe coach kids' basketball. I know enough about basketball where I feel like I could coach 12-year-olds pretty effectively. — Hannibal Buress

You never realize the value of coaching until your children play for a coach — Don Meyer

The greatest sin a coach can commit is to allow kids to slide by. This goes for the classroom as well as the court — Hubie Brown

I love practice. It is when a coach exercises the most control over the improvement of his or her team. — Mike Krzyzewski

I don't look at myself as a basketball coach. I look at myself as a leader who happens to coach basketball. — Mike Krzyzewski

So like any football or basketball coach, you always always believe you're going to win. — Colin Powell

John Wooden, the legendary basketball coach, says you aren't a failure until you start to blame. — Carol S. Dweck

A team should be an extension of a coach's personality. My teams are arrogant and obnoxious. — Al McGuire

My American strength coach said he liked me better before I could speak English. — Yao Ming

You should always want your coach to be critical. It gives you an opportunity to learn and to overcome adversity — Steve Nash

Son, my name isn't Knight to you, it's Coach Knight or it's Mr. Knight. I don't call people by their last name and neither should you. — Bobby Knight

The team is an extension of the coach. — Don Meyer

In 2001 we didn't have all the talent in the world, we just had me on offense and just a bunch of tough ass dudes, and a great coach in Larry Brown. — Allen Iverson

If they don't let me coach, they might as well take me to the Lexington cemetery. — Adolph Rupp

Pat Riley is the best coach I've ever had. — Shaquille O'Neal

I don't complain about playing time. My job is to play so well the coach can't sit me. — Shane Battier

Practices should be for the players and not the coach. Practices should be fun for the players, positive in nature, and last no more than two hours. — Norm Sloan

You need a teaching coach who understands the game of basketball, not just some guy coming on the court talking about Xs and Os. — Oscar Robertson

When you're a coach you've got to go up the ladder, you've got to be ready to travel. That's the nature of coaching — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

I am not a strategic coach; I am a practice coach. — John Wooden

The coach should be the absolute boss, but he still should maintain an open mind. — Red Auerbach

I won't coach this team next year if he is still here. He won't listen to anyone. I've had it with this kid. — Phil Jackson

A Coach must never forget that he is a leader and not merely a person with authority. — John Wooden

I tried to teach them [his sons] that about the importance of self-discipline, and that the culture of yes is built on a foundation of no. — Bill Walton

What is there about basketball that makes Larry Bird or Lenny Wilkens want to coach after their playing careers are done? — George Vecsey