Bill Laimbeer Quotes

The players have got to make the plays.

You don't win games as a coach during games. You win games as a coach before games. Players win during games, not coaches

How good can we expect to be if our best player is not our best teammate

Systems don't win, players do.

The better the coaching has become, the worse the game has become.

A winning player is nothing more than a player on a winning team. A losing player is a guy who played on a losing team that year.

Systems are overrated; players are underrated.

Why does it get assumed that Zidane is a figurehead and everything Real achieve is down to the talent of the squad?

I think anybody confusing a system with a reason for success is making a huge mistake. Systems don't win games. Players do.

You can come up with all the gameplans that you want but the guys in the middle have to execute those plans. If Jimmy Anderson or Stuart Broad serves up a leg-stump half-volley, you can't turn round and blame Andy Flower.

Every matchup is very important regardless of who the bigs are, who the guards are.

You have to figure out that balance between younger players and veteran players, star players, and All-Star players, really a team effort. And then you have to be lucky.

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

Everything is up to the players and not the tactics. They're just small details that can show you the way to play.

Everyone's system in the NBA makes sense. It all comes down to the quality of player and the quality of execution.

You can have Guardiola as a manager, you can have Koeman as a manager, anybody as a manager, but the players inside the white lines win the game.

You should sub a player out when you see a player not going full-speed or playing selfish basketball.

You've got to have great athletes to win, I don't care who the coach is. You can't win without good athletes but you can lose with them. This is where coaching makes the difference.

Glue guys aren't superstars. They're not the No. 1 option. They just do things only coaches really appreciate. The stars get the headlines, but glue guys help you get in the winner's circle. I don't think you can win without having that kind of player.

It's not what you tell your players that counts. It's what they hear.

Individuals score points, but teams win games.

I think Chris Paul is a great player. He is very unselfish and plays very hard, so he would be a guy if he plays. I think his hand is still questionable, though. I hear they are talking about resting him that weekend. I'm excited to play with all the guys. Marvin Williams is starting to play well, and Salim Stoudamire, I think he should be there.

Over coaching is the worst thing you can do to a player.

Basketball is a great mystery. You can do everything right. You can have the perfect mix of talent and the best system of offense in the game. You can devise a foolproof defensive strategy and prepare your players for every possible eventuality. But if the players don’t have a sense of oneness as a group, your efforts won’t pay off. And the bond that unites a team can be so fragile, so elusive.

Players have to buy into your system and be willing to accept the role, you, as the coach, have assigned to them