Quotes & Sayings About Basketball Leadership

The most important thing in good leadership is truly caring. — Dean Smith

Effective leadership is the only competitive advantage that will endure. That's because leadership has two sides- what a person is character and what a person does- competence. — Stephen Covey

When your teammate looks you in the eye and holds you accountable, that's the greatest kind of leadership there is — Doug Collins

I'd rather have preparation than motivation. Everyone likes to play, but no one likes to practice. — Bum Phillips

I'm a firm believer in quiet confidence. By that I mean knowing inwardly that you are good, and not exhibiting a boastful attitude outwardly. If an athlete doesn't believe in himself, no one else will. — Dick Van Arsdale

I understand the NBA and the role I play on my team. I know that I have to play a leadership role and do whatever I have to do to win. — Carmelo Anthony

You can't defer if you're the person who's in the leadership position. — Mike Krzyzewski

Leadership does not mean getting people to do their job. It means getting people to do their best. — Harvey MacKay

Leaders must learn to discipline their disappointments. It's not what happens to us, it is what we choose to do about what happens that makes the difference in how our lives turn out. — Jim Rohn

I believe a big part of leadership is about winning the moment. — Mike Krzyzewski

I think leadership is never singular. In a good organization, it's plural. — Mike Krzyzewski

When asked if he was a basketball player he replied No I clean giraffe ears. — Elvin Hayes

In a team sport like basketball, every time you help somebody else, you help yourself. — Pete Carril

A lion never roars after a kill. — Dean Smith

My role is to make sure we're moving in the right direction, getting points, rebounds, steals, assists and providing leadership. — Kobe Bryant

Basketball Without Borders is a leadership camp that takes basketball to different places around the world, to Africa, Europe, America and Asia. It's a camp that brings players from different parts of the continent to one city that's been assigned as the host city. We've been going to a different city every year. — Dikembe Mutombo

I hope I epitomize the American dream. For I came against long odds, from the ghetto to the very top of my profession. I was not immediately good at basketball. It did not come easy. It came as the result of a lot of hard work and self-sacrifice. The rewards, where they worth it? One thousand times over. — Bill Russell

Leadership starts at the top. — Morgan Wootten

What Michelle didn't yet know was that there is a vast difference between playing and leading. The point guard position in basketball is one of the great tutorials on leadership, and it ought to be taught in classrooms. Anyone can perfect a dribble with muscle memory; — Pat Summitt

Leaders will not experience long-term success unless a lot of people want them to. — John C. Maxwell

I haven't always recruited for the best talent. I've taken a few guys who would fit for different reasons. Leadership. Toughness — Tom Izzo

We blacks look for leadership in men and women of such youth and inexperience, as well as poverty of education and character, that it is no wonder that we sometimes seem rudderless ... We see basketball players and pop singers as possible role models, when nothing could be further, in most cases, from their capacities. — Arthur Ashe