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Coach's Favorite Quotes

"When you're through learning, you're through." - John Wooden

"...It is not the critic that counts...The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena... who strives valiantly, who errs and often comes up short again and again...who, at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat..." - President Theodore Roosevelt

"Sometimes a player's greatest challenge is coming to grips with his role on the team." - Scottie Pippen

"We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sail."
- Unknown

"Players are made in the off season, teams are made during the season." - Unknown

"We have a great bunch of outside shooters.  Unfortunately all of our games are played indoors." - Weldon Drew

"Never underestimate the heart of a champion." - Rudy Tomjanovich

"Be strong in body, clean in mind, lofty in ideals." - Dr. James Naismith

"What you are as a person is far more important than what you are as a basketball player." - John Wooden

"You miss 100 percent of the shots you never take." - Wayne Gretzky

"First master the fundamentals." - Larry Bird

"The future just ain't what it used to be." - Yogi Berra

"Be a fountain, not a drain." - Rex Hudler

"They say nobody's perfect.  Then they tell you that practice makes perfect.  I wish they'd make up their minds." - Wilt Chamberlin

"Winners never quit and quitters never win." - Vince Lombardi

"Just do what you do best." - Red Auerbach

"Everyone wants to be on a winning team, but no one wants to come to practice." - Bobby Knight

"If you fall into a puddle wearing a new suit, you can either whine about it or check for fish." - Jack Donohue

"No one ever drowned in sweat." - Mitch Fiegel, HS Coach

"I may be wrong but I doubt it." - Charles Barkley

"90% of this game is half mental." - Yogi Berra

"Before you can win, you have to believe you are worthy." - Mike Ditka

"Good, better, best.  Never let it rest.  Until your good is better and your better is best." - Tim Duncan

"Fans never fall asleep at our games, because they're afraid they might get hit by a pass." - George Raveling

"Don't let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do." - John Wooden

"I don't care what people think.  People are stupid." - Charles Barkley

"Boards, boards, boards." - Knute Rockne

"I hate it.  It looks like a stick-up at 7-11.  Five guys standing there with their hands in the air." - Norm Sloan on zone defense

"We're having a lot of fun." - Jim Larranaga

"Everybody hears, but few listen." - Bobby Knight

"If you're not making mistakes, then you're not doing anything.  I'm positive that a doer makes mistakes." - John Wooden


"What to do with a mistake--recognize it, admit it, learn from it, forget it." - Dean Smith

"There are two pains in life, the pain of discipline, and the pain of regret. Take your choice" - Unknown

"If you think small things don't matter, think of the last game you lost by one point." - Unknown

"Be more concerned with your character than your reputation."
- John Wooden

The only difference between good and great is a little extra effort. - Jason Kallenberg, HS Coach

"The harder I work the luckier I get." - Unknown

"Effort is only effort when it begins to hurt"
- Oretega y Gassett (Spain, d.1949)

"You can't teach court savvy" - Dean Smith

"The only place that success is before work is in the dictionary"
- John Wooden

"If we were supposed to talk more than we listen, we would have two mouths and one ear." - Mark Twain

"Don't give up, don't ever give up." - Jim Valvano

"Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm."
- Henry David Thoreau

"Great teamwork is the only way we create the breakthroughs that define our careers." - Pat Riley

"Without the burn, you will never learn." - Tom Arey, HS Coach

"Blame is the cowards way out." - Elvin Hayes

"Coaching does not permit democracy." - Jeff Brown, HS Coach

"Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts." - John Wooden

"The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have."
- Vince Lombardi

"It takes no talent to hustle." - Hans Schmidt

"Repetition is no fun but it's the reason we won"
-Mike Waldo, HS Coach

"Everyone should want to excel in life. You should never take the desire to excel away from the human race."
- Coach Hank Iba

"Son, looks to me like you're spending too much time on one subject." - Coach Shelby Metcalf, speaking about a player who received 4 "F's, and a "D" one semester

"It's what you learn, after you know it all, that counts."
- John Wooden