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Effective leaders are, first and foremost, good teachers. We’re in the education business.

Firsts Quotes

First, do not betray yourself. Second, do not betray those you lead.

Firsts Quotes

The coach is first of all a teacher.

Firsts Quotes

First be the best and then be first.

Firsts Quotes

It takes 10 hands to score a basket.

Don’t whine, complain, or make excuses.

Complaining Quotes

Champions never complain, they are too busy getting better.

Complaining Quotes

Adversity often produces an unexpected opportunity. Look for it ! Appreciate and utilize it! This is difficult to do if you’re feeling sorry for yourself because you’re faced with adversity.

Adversity Quotes

If we fail to adapt, we fail to move forward.

Moving forward Quotes

Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming.

Success Quotes

Never complain about the officiating. It does no good. During the game I don’t want to be fighting two opponents.

Do passing drills that come from your offense.

Defense is a definite part of the game, and a great part of defense is learning to play it without fouling.

Each of us has a huge capacity to learn and to achieve. Being ever alert makes the task of becoming all we are capable of becoming so much easier.

With the experience to judge, one need not pre-judge.

The greatest ally you have to get things working well and the players performing as a team is the bench. Don’t be afraid to use it, either for the star player or anyone else.

You’ve never heard of them- and you never will .

The outstanding coach is a teacher that gets all his squad to accept the role that he considers to be the most important for the welfare of all.

When you get to be 95, travel doesn’t come as easily.

Never be thrown off stride in how you behave or what you believe in because of outside events.

I am not a strategic coach; I am a practice coach.

If a player’s not doing the things he should, put him on the bench. He’ll come around.

When everyone has good players, teaching will be a telling difference.

I think permitting the game to become too physical takes away a little bit of the beauty.

The better conditioned team will probably win in the long run.

Generally speaking, individual performances don’t win basketball games.

I also wanted my basketball players to know that I really cared about them. Forget basketball; as a person, I cared, I cared about their family.

He who truly seeks God has found Him.

I like to give opinions, not suggestions.

The problem with new is you don’t have time for the old ones.

Don’t permit fear of failure to prevent effort.

People ask me if I’d permit fancy things, like dunks. Well, if they did dunk, it was with no fancy flair. No behind-the-back dribbles or passes unless necessary. If it was for show, you were on the bench.

I’d be satisfied just coaching in high school. I turned down a number of colleges when I was teaching in South Bend, Indiana, before I went into the service. I honestly believe that if I hadn’t enlisted in the service, I would never have left high school teaching. I’m sure I would have never left.

Our titles would not have been possible without the unselfishness displayed by all our teams, the team wins, not the individuals.

I don’t think I was a fine game coach I think I was a good practice coach.

I believe correcting is the positive approach. I believe in the positive approach. Always have.

If I were a young coach today, I would be extremely careful in selecting assistants.

Once you become a good person, then you have a chance of becoming a good basketball player.

You can’t make good decisions that are going to be meaningful, productive, when you lose control, and you have to maintain mental control, emotional control and to be able to perform physically up to your own particular level of competency; you have to keep your emotions under control.

I found golf was too time consuming, but I did enjoy it.

I was built up from my dad more than anyone else.

My eyesight is not nearly as good. My hearing is probably going away. My memory is slipping too. But I’m still around.

If we, as coaches, aren’t teachers, we are nothing.

In my opinion, being an effective leader requires being an effective listener. The most productive leaders are usually those who are consistently willing to listen and learn.

It is impossible to attain proper physical condition without being sound both mentally and morally.

I wanted my players to always be searching, especially for truth. I wanted them to know what they believed and be able to defend it. Truth will always stand the test of scrutiny.

Decisions are more apt to be accepted when you’ve listened to suggestions first. I wanted them to see the reason behind what I asked of them, not to do things just because I said so.

I’m not going to say I was opposed to the Vietnam War. I’m going to say I’m opposed to war. But I’m also opposed to protests that deny other people their rights.

I’m no wizard, and I don’t like being thought of in that light at all. I think of a wizard as being some sort of magician or something, doing something on the sly or something, and I don’t want to be thought of in that way.

Consideration for others brings many things.

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