"Experience is the best teacher, but sometimes the tuition is high." - Anon
"Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted." - Anon
"Basketball is sharing." - Phil Jackson My favorite basketball quote ever
"$#!7 shot." "Grab the ball." "The ball is gold." "Stop with the dumb fouls." - Coach Sonny Lane Before "Basketball on Paper" by Dean Oliver, coaches 'reminded' us not to give games away with bad shots, bad rebounding, turnovers, and fouling.
"Your friends stab you in the front." - Oscar Wilde Enemies stab us in the back and friends tell us the hard truths which we choose to accept or fix.
"Love your losses." Excellent coaches review what factors yielded victory or defeat. Excellent teams do not repeat mistakes and therefore don't beat themselves.
"Video is the 'truth machine'." - Kevin Eastman
"You can't hide who you are on the basketball court." Avoid the dreaded S's - selfishness, softness, sloth (laziness).
"A lion never roars after a kill." - Dean Smith Those who are truly great don't need constant validation and adulation.
"Basketball is a game of mistakes." - Bob Knight A third of games are decided by two possessions or less. In each of those, identify how many bad decisions or indecision led to opponent points or our lost opportunities.
Lagniappe. Be like Steph.