Quotes & Sayings About Basketball Conditioning

Once practice starts, we work hard, and that's the best conditioning there is. Everything counts. Every little thing counts. Run hard, play hard, go after the ball hard, guard hard. If you play soft (what I call signing a 'non-aggression pact' with your teammates), you won't ever get into shape. — Pete Carril

I never looked at basketball as work. I always enjoyed it as my hobby. I loved it. Once that love is gone, and I'm tired of working out every day and doing all the stuff to get me ready for games, and I'm tired of lifting and conditioning and doing all that other stuff around it, and I'd rather stay in bed, then it's time to go. — Dirk Nowitzki

A great way to test the conditioning of your team is the two-mile run. — Bobby Knight

Conditioning is essential to success in basketball. — John Wooden

Our conditioning program begins the first day of class. The running portion is very demanding. It has physiological advantages, as well as psychological advantages. — Norm Sloan

Basketball is a game of conditioning and fatigue. That's why I believe in practicing a team to train when it's exhausted. — Pat Riley