Chuck Daly Quotes

The better players you get, the better coach you are.

The attacking capacity of a team is the fruit of the work of the manager and of the quality of the players.

It's amazing how much better coaches we become when you have really good players.

I give a lot of credit to Darrell Bevell and to Tom Cable for their work and their development of the players that they had that was available to them. They did an extraordinary job, and I do think, as Bevell was our offensive coordinator, we broke every record that the Seahawks had offensively. So there's a lot to be said for that.

No matter how you total success in the coaching profession it all comes down to a single factor - talent. There may be a hundred great coaches of whom you have never heard in basketball, football, or any sport who will probably never receive the acclaim they deserve simply because they have not been blessed with the talent. Although not every coach can win consistently with talent, no coach can win without it.

When everyone has good players, teaching will be a telling difference.

So I don't really believe that how many years you've had in the league determines how well your players play... Coaching is coaching.

It's better to have done because then you know what the player is going through and you understand the pressure, but then on the other hand I know a lot of people that were good players but not good coaches, and vice versa.

Obviously, it's important for any team that wants to be really successful to try to have the best players that they possibly can in all positions, and I think Alisson is definitely one of the best in the world in his position.

Why does it get assumed that Zidane is a figurehead and everything Real achieve is down to the talent of the squad?

Stan Van Gundy is a top-five coach.

Good players can do well everywhere and Soldado is a good footballer.

You have a lot of great teams in the NBA. I watched San Antonio against Dallas, and they're two great teams, and there are great teams in the east, as well. So it takes time to gel, as we've all seen.

For me, I think Andre Drummond is going to be a superstar. We didn't have that. We had a lot of very good players. I think Drummond will be a superstar if he continues to work. The media, everyone is behind him.

You can't criticize a coach until he fails to win with players he recruited.

Watching a guy go from not having ever played an NBA game before to growing up and developing into an All-Star player, that's probably the most rewarding thing that you can do as a coach.

Teams want the best players. If the best players come through your academy, you can play.

All good players are interesting.

Rita Guarino is one of the best technical coaches I have had in my career - often she demonstrates a specific technique and shows the players up!

It's all about the qualities of the players. The better the players, the easier it is for the manager.

You always want all good players at your team.

There are many players with talent, but it is important to find a coach who knows how to make the most of that.

I would never let myself go back there to play another 82-game season in Seattle. I think the team deserves better and the fans deserve better.

I think there are much bigger differences between players in this league than between coaches. There is a big gap between LeBron James and the small forward for whoever. Far bigger than between two coaches.

The more better players we have at Barcelona, the better it is for the team and coach.