Shaun Livingston Quotes

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

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.

When our assists lead to baskets, that's us playing our best, and we begin knocking down shots.

Your teammates give you the confidence. They give me the confidence all year, all postseason.

It means a lot to me as a quarterback if my receivers think I'm a good quarterback. It doesn't really matter what everybody else thinks, but it means a lot to me when I feel like those guys trust me.

I've got the best coaches in the world. I've got confidence in them, and they've got confidence in me.

As a three shooter, seeing one go through the net, that's all you need to just be shooting it confidently again.

What makes me so confident is my coaches, my team: they are the best in the world, and if it wasn't for them, I wouldn't be here.

I've always had the upmost confidence in my abilities as well as the other guys in The Shield. We all have kind of have the same mindset as far as success, personally and professionally.

For me to be a better player, I need to play more games, and having a gaffer I know has great trust in me gives me the confidence I need to help me improve my game.

You get confidence when you get on a roll. When you are not struggling, and you get your players back, it is bound to make everyone feel better about themselves.

I feel really good in the box when I get an AB in the first inning. I feel like it just starts the day the right way.

If you have people that totally support you and have your back, I feel like you have all the confidence in the world, and you believe that you can do things that most people can't achieve. I feel that's really important.

That's how you get a performance - they put trust in you.

We're still a great team. In your mind you can understand that but, emotionally, we needed to express the same belief. We came out full of fire and scored two early goals, two really beautiful goals, and that changed everything.

You have to give guys tools to win with, and if they have success with them then they believe in you. If you don't have anything in your bag to work with, then they won't believe.

I'll practice as good as I can, but I know that I play even better, with the qualities I have - leadership, my ability to make something happen in games, winning.

For me, a quarterback's best friend, especially a young quarterback's best friend, is a coach who believes in him.

I grabbed 19 rebounds in my first professional game, and somehow found a way to score 20 points. I felt real good about it. I felt that this was the beginning of something good.

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

I think if you don't give people the tools and the expectations for success, and yet hold them to some value, then you're difficult to work with.

It's always good to be out there with your teammates, working with your teammates in individual drills, team drills, just being out there, getting on the same page, just getting into flow with them.

As a player, I always felt confident that if I was caIm, my teammates knew, 'He's going to do something to help us win.' As a coach, my hands are really tied. I got to believe in my players. If they see I'm calm, they'll believe I trust them, which I do.

Sometimes the hardest thing to do is to trust your team. It's a lesson I've had to relearn quite a few times.

When the team is doing well, you go with the flow. You get confidence, and you just build on that.