In practice, don't just run basketball drills, teach the players how to play basketball.
It is foolish to expect a young man to follow your advice and to ignore your example.
Every day you teach attitude.
The ability to rebound is in inverse proportion to the distance your house is from the nearest railroad tracks.
As a coach, you're just trying to figure out how to keep a team on edge. You've got to find that edge.
In the end, what your own troops do is more important than who they are marching against.