Quotes Our Players Are Tired of Hearing

Everyone has tired, overused quotes. Quotes won't get us off a desert island or out of a deep hole. But now and then they resonate.

"Basketball is sharing." - Phil Jackson   My All-Time favorite basketball quote encapsulates the 'raison d'etre' of games. Shared vision, shared sacrifice, shared success.

"How you play the game reflects how you live." Define yourself on and off the court. 

"Always do your best." You heard it a thousand times from your parents, your coaches, your teachers. 

"TRY is a word of failure." Don't use the words TRY or CAN'T. 

"The ball is gold." Games sum possession of the ball and the efficiency of each possession. "Possession and possessions." Do not give away the gold. Take care of the ball. Value the ball. 

"The quality of the pass relates to the quality of the shot." - Basketball is a game of cutting and passing. Great passing is a lost art. 

"Impact winning." Players must understand how their actions impact the game. Actions off the court matter, too. 

"Be a possession ender." Finish plays. 

"What you do, you do to everyone in this room." - Nick Saban  Great teammates are great by making everyone better. You can be a productive player and a sociopath. But nobody wants sociopaths around because they are unpredictably destructive to team culture. 

"I believe in you." Nothing inspires a player more than four sincere words of trust. 

Lagniappe. Communicate

Lagniappe 2. Set straight.