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Basketball Coach Inspirational Quotes (2375)

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Sometimes you learn more from losing than winning. Losing forces you to reexamine.
Pat Summitt
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A player who makes a team great is more valuable than a great player. Losing yourself in the group, for the good of the group - that's teamwork.
John Wooden
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That's what I do now: I lead and I teach. If we win basketball games from doing that, then that's great, but I lead and teach. Those are the two things I concentrate on.
Mike Krzyzewski
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I love coming to work. I never have a bad day.
Magic Johnson
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I was just getting acquainted with the wood. I wanted to see if it was maple or pine.
Kurt Rambis
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Teamwork doesn't come naturally. It must be taught.
Pat Summitt
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To win once you must have talent, but to win again you must have character.
John Wooden
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It's about doing it in a way that it can't be done any better. That is the goal every day.
Geno Auriemma
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I will thank God for the day and the moment I have.
Jim Valvano
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Players who are committed to the team first will find a way to help when things are going bad, they will do whatever it takes. Kids that are more into themselves will not do that. They will take care of themselves and get more individual when things are tough.
Dick Bennett
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You must be interested in finding the best way, not in having your own way.
John Wooden
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I have periods where I listen to regular rap, Jay-Z, Eminem and Lil Wayne. The next day I might have some Christian alternative music. The next day I have on some dance music. It all varies what I listen to.
Steve Blake
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We can plan a roadtrip or a workday down to the last detail but the unexpected will always arise. If we are not malleable, we will get left behind.
John Wooden
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I hate to sound this way but, 'Why me? Why me with dementia?'
Pat Summitt
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Emphasize small goals when you have a team that isn’t going to win a lot of games
Mike Dunlap
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Successful programs consist of people working hard, working together, while never worrying about who gets the credit.
Don Meyer
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It was our third game in five days. It seemed to have an impact on us.
David Blatt
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Team spirit means you are willing to sacrifice personal considerations for the welfare of all. That defines a team player.
John Wooden
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The person who has inspired me my whole life is my Mom, because she taught me commitment. She sacrificed.
Mike Krzyzewski
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No man is too good to be the athletic coach for youth.
Amos Alonzo Stagg
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Winning isn't worthwhile unless one has something finer and nobler behind it.
Amos Alonzo Stagg
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Glue guys aren't superstars. They're not the No. 1 option. They just do things only coaches really appreciate. The stars get the headlines, but glue guys help you get in the winner's circle. I don't think you can win without having that kind of player.
Dick Vitale
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If you do not believe yourself no one else will.
Sheryl Swoopes
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The trouble with doing something right the first time is that nobody appreciates how difficult it was.
Walter J. West
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