365 Basketball Quotes

1. “All the successful teams I’ve ever seen have three characteristics: They play unselfish, they play together, and they play hard.“ Larry Brown
2. “Winning teams at the NBA level, the college level, and the high school level all play team basketball. Championship teams have five players on the same page at all times.“ Hubie Brown
3. “Everyone is born with a certain potential. You may never achieve your full potential, but how close you come depends on how much you want to pay the price.“ Red Auerbach
4. “Everything negative — pressure, challenges — are all an opportunity for me to rise.“ Kobe Bryant
5. “I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.“ Michael Jordan
6. “I don’t know if I practiced more than anybody, but I sure practiced enough. I still wonder if somebody – somewhere – was practicing more than me.” Larry Bird (Larry Bird Quotes)
7. “Ask not what your teammates can do for you. Ask what you can do for your teammates.“ Magic Johnson
8. “I will not let anything get in the way of me and my competitive enthusiasm to win.“ Michael Jordan
9. “I’ve got a theory that if you give 100% all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end.” Larry Bird “The Hick from French Lick” (Larry Bird Quotes)
10. “Concentration and mental toughness are the margins of victory.” Bill Russell (Top 6 Bill Russell Quotes)
11. “The key is not the ‘will to win’… everybody has that. It is the will to prepare to win that is important.” Bob Knight (Bob Knight Quotes)
12. “Preparation will be my separation.” Kevin Eastman
13. “If you are afraid of failure you don’t deserve to be successful!“ Charles Barkley “The Round Mound of Rebound”
14. “I’m still waiting for perfection. In the meantime, I’ll settle for persistence.” Bo Ryan
15. “Shooting percentage is just as much about decision making as it is about technique” Jeff Van Gundy Post: How to Be a Great Basketball Shooter
16. “Young men need more models, not critics.” John Wooden (John Wooden Quotes)
17. “Teamwork is the beauty of our sport, where you have five acting as one.” Mike Krzyzewski
18. “If all I’m remembered for is being a good basketball player, then I’ve done a bad job with the rest of my life.” Isiah Thomas
19. “What you are as a person is far more important that what you are as a basketball player” John Wooden (John Wooden Quotes)
20. “Winners are not people who do not fail, but people who never quit.“ Anonymous
21. “When a gifted team dedicates itself to unselfish trust and combines instinct with boldness and effort–it is ready to climb.“ Pat Riley
22. “We believe in people executing their role and caring about the team more than anything individually.” Gregg Popovich
23. “A key basketball skill is imagery. The best players “see” situations before they happen so they can be prepared.” Dr. Jack Ramsay
24. “The one thing I learned about myself going back and watching tapes of all the losses that we’ve had is that I’m physically capable of doing this and dominating the game, but the mental part was not there. I don’t know if it comes with age, but I had to learn to be mentally tough.” Lisa Leslie
25. “Be led by your dreams not by your problems.” Roy Williams
26. “You don’t play against opponents, you play against the game of basketball.” Bobby Knight (Bob Knight Quotes)
27. “Sometimes a player’s greatest challenge is coming to grips with his role on the Slide1team.” Scottie Pippen
28. “If you’re not talking, you’re not playing defense.” Doc Rivers
29. “The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.” Ann Landers
30. “Good, better, best. Never let it rest. Until your good is better and your better is best.“ Tim “The Big Fundamental” Duncan
31. “My goal is to win the next game one possession at a time. That’s it. I don’t have any other goals.” Brad Stevens
32. “I have a plan of action, but the game is a game of adjustments.” Mike Krzyzewski
33. “There is a direct correlation between the number of ball reversals and defensive breakdowns.” Kevin Eastman
34. “If it turns out that my best wasn’t good enough, at least I wont look back and say that I was afraid to try.” Michael Jordan
35. “Some say you have to use your five best players, but I found out you win with the five that fit together best as a team.” Red Auerbach
36. “Bottom line, you’re either a risk taker, or your not, and if you don’t take risks, you’ll never win big.” Geno Auriemma “
37. If you’re going to have to beg them to play, it’s not going to work.” Chuck Daly
38. “I think, team first. It allows me to succeed, it allows my team to succeed.“ Lebron James
39. “Get the fundamentals down and the level of everything you do will rise.” Michael Jordan
40. “When I walked into the gym, I fell in love with the game. I didn’t fall in love with it just because it was me playing. I fell in love with it because I’ve got guys like this – like these guys every single day that push me to be the best that I can be.” Kevin Durant
41. “I can’t relate to lazy people. We don’t speak the same language. I don’t understand you. I don’t want to understand you.” Kobe Bryant
42. “There is a lot of pressure put on me, but I don’t put a lot of pressure on myself. I feel if I play my game, it will take care of itself.” Lebron James
43. “In developing teams, I don’t believe in rules. I believe in standards. Rules don’t promote teamwork, standards do” Mike Krzyzewski
44. “Admit to and make yourself accountable for mistakes. How can you improve if you’re never wrong?” Pat Summitt
45. “Bad shooters are always open” Pete Carril
46. “Not only is there more to life than basketball, there’s a lot more to basketball than basketball.” Phil Jackson
47. “You can’t always be the most talented or gifted person in the room, but you can be the most competitive.“ Pat Summit
48. “The greatness of Michael Jordan is his competitive drive. The weakness of Michael Jordan is his competitive drive.” Phil Jackson
49. “I can’t stand a ballplayer who plays in fear. Any fellow who has a good shot has got to take it and keep taking it. So he misses – so what?” Red Auerbach
50. “Those to whom defense is not important will have the best seat in the game” Rick Majerus
52. “I know that I’m never as good or bad as any single performance. I’ve never believed my critics or my worshippers, and I’ve always been able to leave the game at the arena.” Charles Barkley

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7. Why was the Marine basketball team get arrested?… They shot the basketball.
8. Why was the Air Force basketball team get arrested?… They shot the basketball.
9. Why was the Coast Guard basketball team get arrested?… They shot the basketball.
10. Why did the Army basketball have a ghost on their team?… To add a little team spirit. 
11. Why did the Navy basketball have a ghost on their team?… To add a little team spirit. 
12. Why did the Marine basketball have a ghost on their team?… To add a little team spirit. 
13. Why did the Air Force basketball have a ghost on their team?… To add a little team spirit. 
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The goal of teaching 1st grade basketball is to help players improve. A weekly progress chart is a great way for a coach to evaluate the team’s progress. Often at this age, a team will only meet once a week so to have the same routine is easy for the coach and probably best for the players in this age group.

Each week the teams will compete in “AROUND THE WORLD.” Each team will start at one basket and complete one of the drills. The teams will shoot for 1:30. Coaches should record the scores and hopefully see some very good improvement.

There can be competition between the teams to see the high score, but we discourage this at this age level. Tell the team that you want to break the record of last week. Create a team from Ohio that beat your total by TWO! Try to beat THAT team, not the players shooting at the other basketball. With all the hard work throughout the season, we beat the fake Ohio team by the end of the season.

The ultimate goal should be for all the teams to improve the number of made baskets. After completing the drills, have the teams sprint to the next baskets. (This is more fun than shooting for some of the players.)

Shooting Progress Chart

How It Works

1. Divide the team into even groups with at least one adult at a basket.
2. Set up two cones at each basket. Place the cones wide enough for the players to shoot comfortably. All players should shoot from directly between the cones.
3. The coach will rebound and pass it to the next player in line.
4. The coach at each basket will count the made shots.

  5 spots 90 seconds  7:50 plus time for scores Shot

1. Right block bank shot: This is the million dollar shot for this grade. The goal is the ALL the players to make the majority of the shots from this spot.
2. Right wing shot:
3. Straight on shot:
4. Left wing shot:
5. Left Block shot: This is the million dollar shot for this grade. The goal is the ALL the players to make the majority of the shots from this spot.

Additional Spots: I found these spots to be too much. The players seemed to lose focus with 7 spots.

1. Right baseline shot
2. Left corner shot optional

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To be really good at shooting the basketball is a long process that requires shooting the ball correctly. Once a player has good shooting mechanics, the player must repeat that form over and over to be a consistent shooter. The following drill is the starting point to becoming a great shooter.

One hand form shooting is the key to developing proper shooting form. Dave Hopla the world’s top shooting instructor starts every workout with one hand form shooter. Steve Alford NCAA champion, all American, and amazing shooter included one hand form shooting in his all American work out. JJ Redick also includes one hand form shooting in his workouts. It’s safe to say that many of the worlds best shooters and shooting coaches place an incredible amount of value on one hand form shooter. That is the reason that it should be incorporated into ever use practice and in all individual shooting workouts.

The best thing about one hand form shooting, is the moment that the player realizes hey this stuff really works. When they play it gets to that point he will embrace the drill, just like David Ortiz for his entire career embraced hitting a baseball off of TT. Yes drill is a great opportunity for a basketball buddy to help the basketball player have a more enjoyable journey. Shooting the basketball although practiced by everyone, it’s mastered by a rare few. Attend a local high school game and of the 16 to 20 players that enter the game, there are likely to be no more than two or three players really can shoot the basketball. And if you’re lucky enough you can find the top shooter in your area and watch him play, to see what a difference being able to shoot the ball can make.

It really is a matter of having many repetitions read the ball set your elbow finish your follow through these all are simple tasks that can be mastered by using one hand form shooting.

A recommendation for this drill is to start in close and make 10 shots. The shots do not have to be in a row. After making 10 shots the player must then make five in a row. This is a working definition of a players range. A spot where he can he or she can make five shots in a row. The player should take small steps back and continue the process until he or she can no longer make five in a row. As a player increases skill the distances between spots can be greater.