It’s what you get from games you lose that is extremely important.
Giving yourself permission to lose guarantees a loss.
When a gifted team dedicates itself to unselfish trust and combines instinct with boldness and effort, its ready to climb.
Being a part of success is more important than being personally indispensable.
Discipline is not a nasty word.
When you face a fork in the road, step on the exhilarator!
There’s always the motivation of wanting to win. Everybody has that. But a champion needs, in his attitude, a motivation above and beyond winning.
Commitment to the team – there is no such thing as in-between, you are either in our out.
You can never have enough talent.
From nobody to upstart. From upstart to contender. From contender to winner. From winner to champion. From champion to Dynasty.
Any team can be a miracle team. The catch is that you have got to go out and work for your miracles. Effort is what ultimately separates great teams from ordinary teams.
Basketball is a game of conditioning and fatigue. That’s why I believe in practicing a team to train when it’s exhausted.
Am I a control freak? No. Do I believe in organization? You bet. In discipline? In being on time and making sure everything at the hotel is ready and right? Definitely. I don’t control players. I try to control the environment around the players so they can flourish.
Basketball is a business. Pure and simple. If you want to have fun, go to the YMCA.
The changes in your life aren’t always what you hoped for. But they usually help you grow.
Teamwork requires that everyone’s efforts flow in a single direction. Feelings of significance happen when a team’s energy takes on a life of its own.
Show the world how much you’ll fight for the winners circle.
If you have a positive attitude and constantly strive to give your best effort, eventually you will overcome your immediate problems and find you are ready for greater challenges.
The Ten Commandments were not a suggestion.
He’s the greatest clutch player I’ve ever seen. The hell with Jerry West!