Grant Teaff, College Football Hall of Fame coach – “I asked everyone I met from all walks of life to describe the best teacher they ever had. The descriptions were similar – a teacher who cared, knew the subject matter, expanded on it, kept a disciplined classroom, and taught self-motivation."

Doc Rivers, Boston Celtics Head Coach – “When you have a "chemistry guy" on your team, do not let him walk out the door.”

George Raveling, former NCAA coach – "Coaches spend too much time on how to do things and not enough time on why they do things. Players must know the purpose of what they are doing."

Dave Smart, Carleton University, 6-time CIS Champions – “The more the players can think, the more they can close on the gap on the more athletic kids.”

Chuck Noll, Football Hall of Fame Coach – "Champions are champions not because they do anything extraordinary but because they do all the ordinary things better than anyone else."

Pete Carril, former Princeton University Head Coach and NBA Assistant Coach – “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, you won’t ever get into shape.”

Kevin Eastman, Assistant Coach Boston Celtics – “Games are won on the strong-side (defense), championships are won on the weak-side.”

Mike Krzyzewski, 2008 US Olympic Coach – “If we’re playing hard in practice, under game like conditions, then we’re just naturally going to play smarter and better during a game. That’s why all our practice drills are as game like as possible.”

Bob Knight, Hall of Fame basketball coach – “Practice structure determines success.”

Lou Holtz, former NCAA football coach – “I think attitude is the most important thing in this world. Attitude is something you control. You were given a lot of wonderful powers. You have the power to think, to love, to create, to imagine, to plan. The greatest power you have is the power to choose.”

Bob Huggins, Head Coach, University of West Virginia – “To be good defensively, you have to be able to read screens just as much and as well as you do on offense.”

Vance Walberg, Assistant Coach University of Massachusetts – “Don’t let anyone run their offense against you. Be a pain in the ass to play against.”

Tom Izzo, Michigan State University Head Coach 2009 NCAA Runner-up – “Trail all single down screens. Make the first step outside the cutter’s hips and the second step back inside the cutter.  Avoid contact with the screener.”

Tom Crean, Indiana University Head Coach – “Players have four expectations of coaches: 1. Be competent. 2. Be sincere. 3. Be reliable. 4. Be trustworthy.”

Thad Matta, The Ohio State University Head Coach – “Stance equals intensity.”

Patrick Hunt, Australian High Intensity Training Program – “Players learn by repetition. Give players succinct coaching points on the fly. Only stop them when absolutely necessary.”

Mike Dunlap, Associate Head Coach, University of Oregon – “The ball and its penetration is the single most important thing to defend. Therefore, the emphasis should be keeping the ball in front of you. Since that does not always happen, immediate rotation to the ball cannot be stressed enough.”

Dick Bennett, former NCAA Head Coach – "Players should think about three things when closing out: do not let the dribbler turn the corner, do not give up the rhythm shot, and disrupt the offense."

Brad Gilbert, Andre Agassi’s tennis coach – "When you chase perfection, when you make perfection the ultimate goal....you're chasing something that doesn't exist."

Jeff Van Gundy, former NBA Head Coach – “I always ask myself, ‘are we playing hard’.  If so, I can evaluate defensive schemes, if not, your scheme cannot be evaluated.”

John Calipari, University of Kentucky Head Coach – “Once I gave up on the secondary break our scoring went up by roughly 15 points.”

Tim Floyd, former NCAA head coach and present Assistant Coach, New Orleans Hornets – “Must be careful of information overload when dealing with young players.  They can only handle so much.”

Sean Miller, Head Coach University of Arizona – “Love the game, treat it right and do a service to it by teaching your kids how to play.”

Tom Landry, Hall of Fame NFL Coach – "Setting a goal is not the main thing. It is deciding how you will go about achieving it and staying with that plan."

Don Meyer, all-time winningest coach in NCAA basketball – "It is not what you teach, but what you emphasize."  

John Brady, Head Coach, Louisiana State University – "If you want team play, you must stress defense. Defense makes players unselfish."