Quotes About Teamwork

Every coach, when starting work at a new club, hopes to stay many, many years because it means you are working very well. You have the possibility to improve your players, to improve your team, and to grow together.

I think that's the philosophy of all top teams - to educate young, top players and to give them the possibility to play.

Meetings should have as few people as possible, but all the right people.

My thing is, and I've always been this way - to get to know as many people as I possibly can on a personal level, so that way, when you get on the football field, you've got your buddy right beside you, and you're ready to go.

You cannot possibly invent painting all by yourself.

Working on any show that works is the best job you can possibly have in any area of the business. You've got so much going for you, a good community, everybody's hanging together, and you get to do it every week.

I don't like isolation play, unless you're in the low post.

Over the years, I pride myself on being more than just a spot-up shooter. I've gotta put the ball on the floor. I've got to post up and drive the ball from the perimeter and get to the basket - all the stuff I was actually doing that helped us win the championship.

You know, pass now to pinch post, cut, shoot the shot. Do things to facilitate the offense. That's what I did in Alabama.

Who says a center can't make the pass into the post? Michael Jordan, effectively, was a post player and you saw with the championship teams players able to do multiple things.

In fact, I prefer flat wickets, for it gives our batsmen a chance to post big totals.

There are films that look very interesting when on paper, but things change while shooting. At times, things changed during post-production, and I see no reason to blame anything on anyone. It is a collaborative effort. If it failed, we should face it.

If I'm paying people, and they're not handling my business right, I have to check them. 'Cause sometimes you're nice, and people don't jump on what they're supposed to do, but if you go in there screaming at everybody - 'Look, why aren't my posters up?' or 'Why wasn't my single out on this day?' - then they jump right on it.

Guys like Andre Miller and Kevin Garnett - they're posting up hoping a second guy will run at them so they can pass. You're better just playing one-on-one in the post if you can.

To come into my world, I've got some M&Ms and some potato chips, and I'm asking you to move furniture. We're making a movie. We're making it like we're putting on a play.

With the crowds on your side, it's easier to play up to your potential.

I've been around enough to know what it takes to get a team to reach its potential, and I want players who want to reach their potential.

If you look at my career, I've never gone to a team that had fulfilled their potential.

When you open up the court, now the point guards can see, they can score, and they're not afraid to take shots. Before it was like, 'No, don't take that shot. That's a bad shot. Pound it inside. Pound it inside.' And the philosophy has gone a little bit away from that, because it makes sense to do it the other way.

Greatness is empowered in a system where you pass the ball, not pound it.

Great passing and setting - I admire that more than the super big guys pounding the ball.

Any organization that gives me a chance will get me. And I'll pour my heart into the organization and do whatever it takes to win football games.

It is important to have tough and strong players to win back the ball and give consistency to a team.

Consistency is important and you can build off that. The best teams in the league are the ones who had consistency with players and coaches.