Jim Boeheim Quotes

I know how to get the best out of the players.

I was a coach, and I put a lot of education and experience into coaching.

I have a very English coaching philosophy.

Coaching the national team would be great.

I was a pretty good coach and working with marketing was like coaching.

I feel that a great coach is one that has a vision, sets a plan in place, has the right people in place to execute that plan and then accepts the responsibility if that plan is not carried out.

You have to be able to psychologically help your players, support-wise, be in touch with them, so I think managing people is very important.

Basically, a manager is a father figure to 20 or 25 blokes. It's about trying to get the best out of them and creating team spirit.

You can have great players, but if they don't want to be coached, what are you going to do?

The thing I'm most focused on today is, how am I maximizing the effectiveness of the leadership team, and what am I doing to nurture it?

My job as a coach is to make good decisions. It's not to go out there and block or tackle.

I just coach and get my guys ready.

For me coaching is about seeing a vision and trying to sell that vision to the players through a day to day teaching of the job.

Man-management is my biggest asset, to help the players enjoy themselves and be better than they already are.

I take the role of leadership as the most important job I have. Yes, it's the passes and all the different things you have to do, but it's leading and it's in the huddle and it's in the weight room and the meeting rooms. It's that role I think comes first.

I try to implement my own ways of making teams successful.

As a captain, I just want to lead the team properly.

You need to have discussions and make sure you guide players towards the collective spirit. It can't be done overnight.

It is up to the coaches to tell me how to play.

Of course when you are starting to be a coach you want to do your best and my national team is my dream.

All the managers in the world, it doesn't matter how good you are, if your players don't understand what you are looking for or what you want, it makes no sense.

I normally talk to my players about everyday situations, and there are not really any secrets.

I've always been a point guard, so being a coach on the floor, I've had to connect with every one of my teammates and find ways to motivate them, find ways to build them up.

Obviously when a new manager comes in, he's got to instill his own ideas within the team and with his set-up for the games.

I work every year with my players towards improving ourselves and growing in terms of the way we play. The psychological aspect and the management of human resources are also very important.