Lane Kiffin Quotes

You have to have great players and great coaches working with you.

A manager gets in the Hall of Fame by what his players have done for him.

It's not enough to buy good players, one has to develop a team.

Of course managers win ball games.

There's always room for quality players in a team. The trick as a manager is to figure out how to bring the best out of your team.

I just try and make the right play. It led to me leading the country in points and assists.

There's good times and bad times. That's part of the coaching. You live with the ups and downs of it but at the end, it's about not only winning games, it's about developing men.

It is my job to work with the players we have and try to improve them as a team and move the country forward.

A group of players go out and win a game in a style that gets the best out of them. That's the key to management.

I'm busy working on every aspect of my game - defense, shooting, rebounding - but I really want to become a better overall team player. Help my teammates become better players out on the court in order to win more ball games.

Believe me, you need good people if you want to make good players.

The key is having great players. But there are a lot of teams that have All-Stars and haven't been able to put it together.

I'm happy with the coach we have. I think any one of the ones I asked them to consider would've been good.

You can be the best person in the league but if you don't win championships, something's missing.

No coach has ever won a game by what he knows; it's what his players know that counts.

I think the players win the championship, and the organization has something to do with it, don't get me wrong. But don't try to put the organization above the players.

You can have great players, but if they don't want to be coached, what are you going to do?

I think there's a lot of different ways to win. You've seen teams that win championships with a super-duper star like Kobe Bryant. Those championship teams with Michael Jordan certainly had a great, great player.

I've had good players in my time. I really have.

Any time you're in the coaching business or managing in the minor leagues, when you see a player who has made it to the major leagues, you get a thrill out of that.

Every week, as a staff, you put a plan together and put your players in position to make plays.

You can't win unless you have good people with great attitude. They are the ones who won the games. I didn't win any games. You never saw a coach make a tackle anywhere. My philosophy was to get the best players and then try to do something new with them.

My worry is to try to improve my players, to work with them, to find the best solution for the club, and to give satisfaction to the fans because they deserve the best.

I think the coaches have to play a big role in the players' development.

I always try to field the best team.