Erik Spoelstra Quotes

The China game was the best because it took the effort of everyone on the team to survive 120 minutes.

I would advise all youths aspiring to athletic fame or a professional career to practice clean living, fair play and good sportsmanship.

Thanks to my football experience, I know the value of team play. It is, I believe, one of the most important lessons to be learned and practiced.

On or off the field, practice and teamwork are the key to success.

The bottom line is, I want us to rebound, defend, share the ball, play hard. That's all. Now if you can't do that, if that's not important enough to you, it's not on me.

At the end of the day, it is football, and we are all important on the pitch. We must play as a team and not listen to what others are saying.

The things I learned from the army - and I think it was a lesson for life - was how to work in unison with other people. How to take responsibility.

Sport fosters many things that are good; teamwork and leadership.

Football is a great deal like life in that it teaches that work, sacrifice, perseverance, competitive drive, selflessness and respect for authority is the price that each and every one of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile.

I know when I have kids, when I'm older, I'm going to encourage them to play sports because I think it teaches you a lot. It teaches you discipline, teamwork, and that there's really no 'I' in team.

Sport has given me drive and discipline. It also taught me to remain humble.

Playing basketball taught me the value of determination and teamwork.

In every team, you have to win the respect of your team-mates, working a lot and really sweat blood.

I was in relays for track where you just bonded with all these different kinds of personalities who were coming together for this one common goal of beating a rival team.

You always care about your teammates, and you care about the game.

My idea about football is to play well, but even if you can't always play well, one thing I want is your character, your spirit. That is all I can ask of you.

My care is that we play with great effort and togetherness. That is what we're looking for. That's what we want to be.

I think we're all pros. If we go out there and just play basketball the right way, everything is gonna work itself out.

The 'Team Up North' is something that we talk about every single day. And the best way to respect a rivalry is to work it every day. And we do.

I want to be part of a team that wants to win. Guys that are trusting each other, guys that don't mind playing hard.

'Play the right way' means play unselfishly, respect each other's achievements, play hard, fulfill your role

When it comes down to it, I always played hard for my teammates and I played hard for my coaches no matter who it was, ownership.

If you played the game the right way, played the game for the team, good things would happen.

The discipline required for athletics carried through to writing. You call it obsession. I call it discipline. By the way, I see nothing wrong with that.

I just see myself as an athlete and a competitor, someone who just works really hard at trying to get better at golf.