Coach K Basketball Quotes
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Coach K Basketball Quotes & Sayings
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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