Quotes on Coaching
If anything goes bad, I did it. If anything goes semi-good, we did it. If anything goes real good, you did it. That’s all it takes to get people to win football games.
Bear Bryant
Good coaching may be defined as the development of character, personality and habits of players, plus the teaching of fundamentals and team play.
Claire Bee
If you do anything in any way, whenever or wherever, that I think is detrimental to the good of this basketball team, to the school, or to yourself, I'll handle it as I see fit.
Bobby Knight
Understand the context.
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A coach should never be afraid to ask questions of anyone he could learn from.
Bobby Knight
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A quick way for any player to make himself better is to think about what he himself doesn't like to play against.
Bobby Knight
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From a coaching standpoint, the greatest fear I've ever had - and it doesn't take a Final Four to bring it out - is that in some way I might not have prepared my team as well as I could have.
Bobby Knight
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To be as good as it can be, a team has to buy into what you as the coach are doing. They have to feel you're a part of them and they're a part of you.
Bobby Knight
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Players who know how to play have to be able to come to you with a suggestion.
Bobby Knight
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I've always had an ass-to-the-brain theory - when a player's ass gets put on the bench, a message goes straight to the brain saying, "Get me off of here."
Bobby Knight
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I've never felt my job was to win basketball games - rather, that the essence of my job as a coach was to do everything I could to give my players the background necessary to succeed in life.
Bobby Knight
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