Top 10
Winning Advice
NBA
College Prep
Inspired
100

"Basketball is sharing."

Who is Phil Jackson? 

100

"Offense is spacing and spacing is offense." 

Who is Chuck Daly? 

100

"I found you win with the five who fit together the best." 

Who is Red Auerbach? 

100

"The Smart Take from the Strong"

Who is Pete Carril? 

100

"I always mean what I say, but I don't always say what I'm thinking." 

Who is Dean Smith? 

200

"Most people have the will to win; few have the will to prepare to win." 

Who is Bob Knight? 

200
"The most important day of your life is today. This very minute is the most important of your life. You must win this minute."

Who is Jon Chaney?

200

"The sign of a great player is not how much he scores, but how much he lifts his teammates performance."

Who is Red Holzman? 

200

"Success is a Choice"

Who is Rick Pitino? 
200

"It's about doing it in a way that it can't be done any better. That is the goal every day." 

Who is Geno Auriemma? 
300

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

Who is John Wooden? 

300

"Here's how I'm going to beat you. I'm going to outwork you." 

Who is Pat Summitt? 

300

"Catch people in the act of doing something right." 

Who is Pat Riley?

300

"Nothing is given to you. You're going to have to work for it."

Who is John Calipari? 

300

"There are 86,400 seconds in a day. It's up to you to decide what to do with them." 

Who is Jim Valvano? 

400

"I can't make every decision for you. I don't have fourteen timeouts. You guys get together and talk." 

Who is Gregg Popovich? 


400

"Imagination has a great deal to do with winning." 

Who is Mike Krzyzewski? 

400

"The difference between a good defensive team and a bad defensive team is as little as three possessions." 

Who is Brad Stevens? 

400

"You did great, Son. You scored one more point than a dead man."

Who is Abe Lemons?
400

"Keep it simple. When you get too complex, you forget the obvious." 

Who is Al McGuire? 

500

"Get more and better shots than your opponent." 

Who is Pete Newell? 

500

"Yelling doesn't win ballgames. It doesn't put any points on the scoreboard." 

Who is Jerry Tarkanian? 

500

"Most of the time when there's a communication problem, it's because the message being received is not the message you want." 

Who is Mike D'Antoni? 

500

"You never realize the value of coaching until your children play for a coach." 

Who is Don Meyer? 

500

"There are no secrets in the game. The only secrets, if there are any, are good teaching of sound fundamentals, intelligent handling of men, a sound system of play, and the ability to instill in the boys a desire to win."

Who is Adolph Rupp?

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