“In 1948, I began coaching basketball at UCLA. Each hour of practice we worked very hard. Each day we worked very hard. Each week we worked very hard. Each season we worked very hard. Four fourteen years we worked very hard and didn't win a national championship. However, a national championship was won in the fifteenth year. Another in the sixteenth. And eight more in the following ten years.” YearsHardWinningHoursPracticeFourWeekTenBasketballSeasonsFollowingEightCoachingEach DayNbaChampionshipFourteenUclaNational Championships Author:John Wooden
“When I'm smiling and having fun, that's when you should have a problem. If I'm out there frowning and looking mean, that's when you know you've beat me - because I'm not having fun. I've been playing basketball since I was three. Everybody since I was three tried to tell me to stop smiling. Even my dad. My dad apologized to me when I was ten.” IfsKnowsShouldMeanProblemThreeFunDadTenBasketballBeatsShould HaveMy DadHaving FunFrowningPlaying Basketball Author:Dwight Howard
“The Ten Commandments were not a suggestion.” TenBasketballCommandmentsSuggestionsTen CommandmentsSuggestion Boxes Author:Pat Riley
“By itself, practice does not make perfect. Those of us with a ten-year-old son practicing the trumpet may understand that.” YearsMayDoePerfectPracticeSonTenBasketballTrumpetsFamous Basketball Author:Daniel Hanley
“Praise your kids. Inspire and motivate your players with praise. Ten years from now it won't matter what your record was. Will your kids love you or hate you?” YearsMatterKidsHateRecordsPlayerLove YouInspireTenBasketballPraiseCoachingHate YouBasketball CoachingMotivational BasketballBasketball CoachBasketball TeamKids LoveInspire And Motivate Author:Jim Harrick
“He's very knowledgeable. That's the one advantage that I see in Kobe Bryant's career compared to Michael Jordan. Ten years into Kobe Bryant's career, we're seeing a very polished 27-year-old player who's probably got another seven or eight great years ahead of him.” YearsCareersPlayerSeeingTenBasketballAdvantageSevenEightJordanPolishedKnowledgeableGreat Year Author:Scottie Pippen