Possession Management Quotes

Many wealthy people are little more than janitors of their possessions.

If you're going to run a lot of plays, you better score a lot of points.

The difference between a good defensive team and a bad defensive team is as little as three possessions

The massive thing that has changed for me was the game management aspect. I still get it wrong sometimes, we all do, when to attack and when to kick, how to control the game, speeding it up and slowing it down. Whereas I used to just go flat out, as hard as I can, get the ball out and get to the ruck as quick as possible.

Every thing, even the so-called timesaving device and energy-efficient machine, comes these days with an elaborate set of instructions for its care and feeding. Buying a machine has become more and more like buying a pet. ... We are time-crunched. Not just by the number of things we have to do, but the number of things we have. In the late twentieth century, things have become our new dependents.

If you defend, rebound and limit turnovers, you're going to put yourself in a position where you can win games

Good third-down teams are teams that usually have success in this league.

When you're in the playoffs, you have to get easy baskets and you have to limit their easy baskets.

Coach K tried to implement a style where we passing, moving the ball, the open guy gets the open shot, running in transition.

At international level, giving the ball away doesn't work too often.