Jamal Crawford Quotes

We have to talk about the players we have.

It's important to know as much as I can about the players.

People often talk about a coach's philosophy, but generally, I think managers look at the players they have and then decide on their style.

We probably spend more time talking about individual players in our coaching sessions than anything else.

The challenge coaches face is replacing players they were counting on to be major pieces of a puzzle. In a lot of cases, there is just no way to make the necessary adjustments.

The NBA is changing so much. It's not like when I came up, with that old-school mentality that practice really mattered.

When I went to the Dolphins, we retained most of their coaching staff, and of course, we had a few veteran players. So, I just tried to add a few pieces here and there.

There are small things that every coach brings when they go to a new team. Like, you need to press this way or the other way.

Obviously my former place in Washington, you got stars like Alex Ovechkin. Those are great challenges because you're looking at a player who does something very unique and trying to grow him in areas.

I think there is a difference between being critical of plays and being critical of players and coaches.

We're always trying to evolve and find more efficient ways, more fluent ways to evaluate our players, evaluate our opponent and evaluate our prospects.

You've got to turn over every stone; you've got to look for every advantage. You need to make sure you're doing everything you possibly can, not just on the field but off it, to give your team an advantage - from having a sleep expert coming to talk to your team to having an independent analysis of your team done.

For a club to come and get you, they are going to use you at some stage.

When you have your roster set up different ways, you really just have to examine the roster, find out what their strengths and weakness are and hopefully you take your roster and the vision you want to implement of how you want to play and you can tweak your roster to create that.

I was a very average player and became a trainer in Germany with a special club.

I don't think, in international cricket, there is a need for coaching. The real coaching is to recognise your players' strengths and weaknesses. You always remain positive with your players.

Bad performances can happen and are not that serious - even with new players. You can't, say, sell him, get a new one.

I have a lot of admiration for those who build tactical systems, but I always thought the most important thing a good coach must do is build the team around the characteristics of his players.

You always attempt to better yourself by getting good football players.

I would love to go into coaching someday.

Managers and players at different clubs, it's difficult to compare.

It is nice to pick a squad or train players for 30 minutes, but I do not like the life of a coach.

You can't draft for need. You draft for need, you get fired. Draft the best player, and if you've got two of them now you've got three of them. Just take the best players available for you.

All the projects that coaches go through in the offseason are based on the success other teams had in every area whether it's offense, defense or special teams. What they do is see if they can incorporate anything they see with the people they have.

It's great to be able to bring the best players from other countries and that they want to play in our league.