Scott Brooks Quotes

You really just have to come in and build the spirit up of your team by working them everyday, showing them examples of what they've done and reinforce their work.

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

It's part of my role to push the guys around me to be the best they can be. I think that's part of being a leader.

Great coaches help create an environment that makes the players want to be successful and work hard and accomplish goals for their teammates.

I work hard. The staff and crew see how much energy I put into this project, and it makes them step up.

I think the most important thing about coaching is that you have to have a sense of confidence about what you're doing.

A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better.

I think the most important thing about coaching is that you have to have a sense of confidence about what you're doing. You have to be a salesman, and you have to get your players, particularly your leaders, to believe in what you're trying to accomplish on the basketball floor.

I could have coached better.

Basically, a manager is a father figure to 20 or 25 blokes. It's about trying to get the best out of them and creating team spirit.

I was raised not to be rude, but I also try to get the best work out of people.

Leadership means making people feel good.

Leadership is an individual sport, one that has to be fine-tuned to each of the people that reports to you. Leaders also need to provide the direction, energy, encouragement and inspiration for each person who reports directly to the leader as well as for the overall organization.

One of my strengths is connecting with the players.

For me coaching is about seeing a vision and trying to sell that vision to the players through a day to day teaching of the job.

When you work for Pat Riley, you're not just putting your hands on the basket and hanging out during practice. He puts you in positions where you have to coach. You have to be enthusiastic and fierce with your preparation and work ethic.

My dad has a certain spirit, a twinkle in his eye, someone who can set a certain standard for players but also convey it with humor. What I learned from him is that coaching is, more than anything, about connecting with people.

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

It's a lot of hard work to be a manager or a coach. But as players, we had to have a good work ethic to be good, and we can use that trait in management or as a coach.

I'm great at working with people and collaborating. And if my biggest gift of all is that I'm really good at pulling things from people and helping them become better at what they're doing, I'm here, as I believe all of us are, to be of service.

Getting the best out of your best players gets the best out of the team.

I take the role of leadership as the most important job I have. Yes, it's the passes and all the different things you have to do, but it's leading and it's in the huddle and it's in the weight room and the meeting rooms. It's that role I think comes first.

I've got a great team around me. They keep me working hard; they keep me focused.

I try and be super vocal on the field because that's what we need, and that's what I want to do.

My aim is to get the team to work hard and stay strong together.