Work hard to make things easier. Pete Carril More Quotes by Pete Carril More Quotes From Pete Carril Get the kids to understand that they shouldn't worry about who makes the shot, only whether or not the shot is made Pete Carril nba basketball kids Coaches win practices, players win games Pete Carril basketball player winning If you think you are working hard, you can work harder. If you think you are doing enough, there is more that you can do. No one really ever exhausts his full potential. Pete Carril full-potential hard-work thinking A guy who gives you less than what he has to give is, one, telling you what he thinks of you, and two, telling you what he thinks of himself. Pete Carril motivational-sports basketball thinking Everybody makes such a big deal today about team play because there's such a scarcity of it. Greed is a reason. You have to understand the influence of greed. A player has to be selfish in the pursuit of the development of his skills, but he cannot be selfish when it comes time to blend them in with what's good for his team. Pete Carril selfish team player If you yell at a kid and he gets mad at you, you've lost him. If you yell at a kid and he gets mad at himself, then you have something. Pete Carril mad lost kids A player's ability to rebound is inversely proportional to the distance between where he was born and the nearest railroad tracks. The greater distance you live from the poor side of the railroad tracks, the less likely that you will be a good rebounder. Pete Carril distance basketball player The two ingredients in success in basketball are playing hard and playing intelligently. Pete Carril ingredients basketball two In a team sport like basketball, every time you help somebody else, you help yourself. Pete Carril basketball leadership sports I don't recruit players who are nasty to their parents. I look for players who realize the world doesn't revolve around them. Pete Carril parent basketball player Coaching is preparation. Pete Carril coaching preparation basketball Sometimes I feel tomorrow is the last. Some days I feel like I can go for years. I think my goal is that I enjoy coaching. I don't think I want to stop working. I think my dad worked in steel work for almost 50 years. The minute you saw him stop working you could see him go apart. I don't want to do that. Pete Carril dad goal thinking Bad shooters are always open Pete Carril shooter coaching basketball The strength of my Princeton teams has always been attitude, intelligence and discipline. Pete Carril team basketball attitude Once practice starts, we work hard, and that's the best conditioning there is. Everything counts. Every little thing counts. Run hard, play hard, go after the ball hard, guard hard. If you play soft (what I call signing a 'non-aggression pact' with your teammates), you won't ever get into shape. Pete Carril hard-work basketball running Winning takes character and intelligence. It is the most important thing you can do because it's a reaffirmation of your character. Pete Carril important winning character A coach's job is to put his team where it can function effectively and win. Pete Carril team winning jobs The quality of the pass leads directly to the quality of the shot Pete Carril nba quality basketball Starting out as a junior varsity coach in high school you pick up things along the way and put them all together. Something has gotta come out of it. It's basically stuff I picked up from other people. Pete Carril together people school I believe the objective of coaching is winning with integrity. Pete Carril winning integrity believe
