Don't get discouraged: it is often the last key in the bunch that opens the lock. Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.
The athlete who says that something can't be done should never interrupt the one who's doing it
With the experience to judge, one need not pre-judge.
The player who puts the ball through the hoop has ten hands.
The team is the star, never an individual player.
Since the most important responsibility of a coach in regard to the actual playing of the game is to teach his players properly and effectively to execute the various fundamentals of the game, he is first of all a teacher.