Top 1200 Basketball Coaching Quotes & Sayings - Page 3

I was into basketball, but then once I found contact sports, it was over. I never played basketball again in my life.

I think basketball is a great way to have fun with the kids and teach some values through basketball.

In practice, don't just run basketball drills, teach the players how to play basketball.

I love basketball. I mean, I watch basketball pretty intensely.

I'm a firm believer in young, old, tall, short, doesn't matter. Basketball is basketball. It's the way you approach it.

Basketball is therapeutic for a lot of us. We all love, live and breathe basketball.

I'm very good at watching basketball and wearing basketball shoes.

Basketball is the opposite of selfishness, basketball is solely about giving and sharing and caring for one another.

I felt that N.Y. is the mecca of basketball. The love that I have for basketball, I feel it here.

I just play basketball. That's me: all I know is basketball.

Coming onto the Jordan Brand absolutely gives more attention to women's basketball and basketball in general.

I feel like basketball is my outlet. Basketball is an opportunity for me to get all my emotions out.

I know Steve Kerr well and his basketball IQ is really high. He knows everything about basketball.

I don't like to make comparisons, as it's different coaching a Spanish team to coaching a German or English team. Each country has their style, more or less, and within each country, they have different styles.

It's stressful to keep doing audition after audition after audition. You finish one and go to the next one, and you have to learn lines. For me, I have to work on my accent, so I was getting accent coaching and acting coaching. I wanted to make good impressions.

I think basketball IQ, work ethic, competitiveness are probably the most important things in a basketball player.

I went to school to Washburn to play basketball, and I always believed if basketball didn't work out I could fall back on golf.

I've always loved basketball. When you're playing pick-up basketball, you just kind of get used to being one of the guys.

What am I doing, just playing basketball? It was eating at me. Because basketball, you play, you retire, you're done. I wanted to do something more.

I really want to start playing basketball. Basketball and ping-pong are my two forms of exercise.

There's hasn't been a day in my life since I was 9 years old that I haven't touched a basketball or done something connected with basketball.

A coach can't be concerned with the poor ballplayer. If the player can't make it, he's got to be out right away. It's a very tough aspect of coaching, and in this aspect I was weak. Also, some guys get fat on coaching, they get healthy and strong, but other guys get ulcers.

I cherish being on the court, and I really love watching basketball, women's basketball, whatever it is.

I think basketball has changed tremendously and for the better. I think that obviously the game is better. I think the skill of the players are better, the strength, the overall athleticism, the teamwork involved. I think coaching is better. We have more exposure for our game than ever. You know, our sport has grown significantly in really the last five years. It's pretty amazing.

I'm a basketball player first and foremost. So I want to put basketball above everything else.

You look at all other sports, basketball, you think basketball, they're always looking at their target.

Chick Hearn was my favorite broadcaster ever - he's the one who taught me to think basketball, how to love basketball.

I am a big basketball fan. I have been watching basketball ever since I was a young boy.

I like basketball, but please don't ask me basketball questions because I've got a lot to learn.

I grew up in a small town in Illinois, and my dad was a basketball coach. Thanks to him, I have excellent fundamentals in both basketball and baseball.

We have 2,500 students and an 8,000-seat basketball arena. You do the math on how important basketball is in Aberdeen.

Everybody plays basketball in D.C. Not on a team. Just around the way. Anywhere. I actually loved basketball.

Basketball is my main sport, which I got a lot of scholarships through, but I chose modeling over basketball, though.

Basketball - you don't get hit in basketball. That's a nice life over there.

I don't discuss basketball. I dictate basketball. I'm not interested in philosophy classes.

I really do miss playing basketball. I don't play a lot of pick-up games. But I do like using basketball as a form of cross training.

Sure, there's a lot of negativity, but basketball is such a huge thing in my community. Flint has a very rich tradition in basketball.

Wherever I go, I have a basketball with me. I used to dribble a basketball down the street to the movie theater, to the mall.

I worked every day - Christmas Eve, birthdays - trying to become a great basketball player. Everywhere I went, I had a basketball.

Baseball is the biggest sport in Japan, then soccer, and basketball is... People don't really care about basketball.

Jeff Ament, the bass player, plays basketball. He ultimately wants to do music, but he's really good at basketball, too. We all want to do what we can't do, maybe.

Not only is there more to life than basketball, there's a lot more to basketball than basketball.

Going to Kentucky... it's not really a college experience. You go there for basketball. You get your studies together, but then after that, it's all about basketball.

At the end of the day, basketball is basketball. You've got a whole life to live.

Basketball is basketball, so from a strategic standpoint, having a players' perspective is valuable.

Coaching is something that takes place only when learning does. No matter what you are doing in your practices, if your players are not learning something significant, you're really not coaching. If a player fails in a game, the coach may have failed in practice.

I couldn't imagine not playing basketball. To me, basketball is what life is all about.

I know I used to play basketball every day, whether it was for fun with my older brother or if it was organized basketball on teams.

Every memory I had growing up was involving a basketball. I didn't go to the prom and stuff like that. It was always basketball for me.

I love basketball, but playing basketball doesn't fully define who I am. I was always a good student, too.

I love teaching I think more than anything. It's the opportunity to just teach young people and teach the game. You teach more than basketball. You teach life skills. The teaching part of it is something that I am passionate about. I look forward to every practice. A lot of people say well, I enjoy coaching, but I see myself as more as a teacher.

I was a better basketball player growing up in high school than I was a swimmer. Basketball to this day is my favorite sport.

The only way to condition for basketball is to actually play basketball.

I absolutely loved basketball. All I ever wanted to do was play basketball.

Kevin McHale was a master communicator and knows how to coach stars, and that's a unique gift because you take an old-school guy that's used to coaching his way, he'd have a hard time coaching them cats now, but Kevin knows how, and he has the patience of Job.

I really want to start playing basketball. I actually bought a new basketball.

I'm a basketball guy. No sitcom guy. I don't care about all that jazz. I care about basketball. It's not me. And I stayed with what I did, and I'm very proud that I did that because I make a great living and I'm lucky and I get to be involved with the thing I truly love, and that's the game of basketball.

Good players can take coaching; great players can take coaching and learn.

Playing basketball all my life, I've collected a lot of different basketball shoes. It's pretty much all I wear.

It's that way all the way down the line. I've got a boy coaching college ball and another son coaching high school. All the way down to summer leagues, all the way down to kids who are 14 years old. All those teams have a closer.