Basketball Coach Quotes

Bobby Cremins really knows basketball, and he is a good man, too.

Confidence shared is better than confidence only in yourself.

I signed a contract with Phil Jackson, the man who has more championship rings, as far as I know, than anybody else. He was the best guy we thought we could find to run the New York Knicks.

Randy Wittman told me not to shoot 3-pointers. That got me very uncomfortable. There were certain labels tagged on me very early in my career, spots on the floor where I felt uncomfortable.

Roy Williams has been a great coach every game since the beginning at Kansas.

He went about things a certain way, but no one can say Thibs wasn't a good coach. He was a hell of a coach.

Scott Skiles is one of the best coaches in the NBA, someone I observe and learn from on a day-to-day basis.

I will have Derek Fisher wear all 5 of his rings the first time he comes in to talk to Carmelo.

Stan Van Gundy is something else. He's the guy that you come to love. You get around him and he's a very personable guy, but when it's time to work, you don't want to mess with him.

I’ve never seen a better coach than Gregg Popovich.

Doug Collins - people just underestimate him.

Duke as a program speaks for itself. Coach K is the greatest coach of all time.

I would be shocked if Tom Izzo left Michigan State.

Getting somebody like Phil Jackson to come in and build the team is sort of like getting Einstein to help you with your math homework.

I think Jeff Hornacek is a very, very good basketball coach and an outstanding person.

Stan Van Gundy is a top-five coach.

I had been a basketball fan growing up, and I felt that if we brought in the proper coach, and we played basketball the old fashioned way - where defense is paramount and offense involved movement off the ball and movement of the ball - we could build a winning team, and Chicago would respond to that.

Kevin Stallings has been a picture of consistency at Vanderbilt.

Gregg Popovich is among the greatest coaches ever.

I always wanted to be a basketball player.

Coach K was fine with the way I played defense.

Pat Riley is the best coach I've ever had...

Gregg Popovich is one of the best coaches in the history of the NBA.

There's never been a finer man in American sports than John Wooden, or a finer coach.

I'm a huge Billy Donovan fan.