J. B. Bickerstaff Quotes

The most important thing is that you find a way to bring your thoughts into the hearts of the players. The tactical details are important because they can make a big difference.

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.

Having trust in your manager is the most important thing for a footballer.

If your players believe in what you're telling them, no matter how trivial the subject, no matter how important the subject, then it influences the way they behave, and that will influence results.

I want to see a player on the football field. I want to see what kind of teammate they are, what kind of leadership qualities they have. I want to see how aggressive they are, how much fun they have playing the game.

That's what I do now: I lead and I teach. If we win basketball games from doing that, then that's great, but I lead and teach. Those are the two things I concentrate on.

For me, the director is the most important thing. He is steering the boat. If you don't trust him, you won't be able to give him your all.

I don't think I'm any different than most coaches, honestly. Maybe Steve Kerr. The guy never loses.

I think Tom Coughlin is an amazing motivator. When you look at his personality, you say, 'Oh, I don't know about that.' But there's some ability he has to laser-focus a football team when it's most important. He seems to be a real valuable asset, kind of Knute Rocke almost.

I have a lot of power. Here, I can decide: training at six in the morning! Training 11 in the night! But my style is not to impose. I would like to convince the players of what they are doing. This takes more time.

Phil Jackson is a mastermind, and he knows how to keep his team from being complacent.

I don't know about any others, but coaching basketball is the only thing I can do.

If the play-caller has confidence in you, you can feel it on the headset. You can feel it by the way he's calling plays.

A good coach is good in the management of his men; he gives all of his players the desire to fight until the last.

People say, 'Is broadcasting the same as coaching?' I say, 'Hell, no.' Coaching, you win and lose. Broadcasting, you don't win and lose. Coaching was a lot bigger than broadcasting.

My idea of managing is giving the ball to Tom Seaver and sitting down and watching him work.

I kept my speeches short as captain. I focused on the key points of the opposition of the day. As coach, I was never afraid to give long speeches to the players throughout our preparations. It was important they had all the information possible.

Coaches who can outline plays on a black board are a dime a dozen. The ones who win get inside their player and motivate.

As a captain, I think it's important that the players really know who you are and what you stand for, what your beliefs are, and to be consistent in those if things are going good or things are going bad.

Anytime you're playing basketball, and you have a coach who you have to respect, you've got to be very disciplined.

It wasn't about the X's and the O's and the strategy; it was more about keeping 12 guys focused and committed to a task. That group dynamic, and then helping them to grow as people and basketball players.

It isn't worth trying to lead if your people won't follow.

The most important thing I've done at work has been to surround myself with amazing people who I trust and empower fully to do stuff better than I could.

Leadership contains certain elements of good management, but it requires that you inspire, that you build durable trust. For an organization to be not just good but to win, leadership means evoking participation larger than the job description, commitment deeper than any job contract's wording.