Scott Brooks Professions : Basketball Coach Born : July 31, 1965 Browse All Authors Top 22 quotes by Scott Brooks I believe this with all my heart: The greatest coach of all time in my eyes is my mom. She's instilled in me a toughness and a perseverance and just a never-quit mentality, and I thank her every day for providing me, for what she sacrificed her life for. Scott Brooks perseverance mom believe We had a great preseason. The guys responded with what coach (George Karl) wanted early on in pace of the game, togetherness and defensive intensity. We've improved in those areas with a couple of setbacks, but we've improved each game. Scott Brooks guy couple games The more games you coach, the more comfortable you feel. Scott Brooks coaches games feels There are 30 great jobs in the NBA, and I've got one of them. Scott Brooks great-job nba jobs When you get punched, you have to get up.You have no other choice. If you don't, you're not going to grow, you're not going to get better as a player. Scott Brooks get-better choices player You can have great players, but if they dont want to be coached, what are you going to do? Scott Brooks player ifs want When you don't have much and you need to be at work, there's no such thing as being sick. Scott Brooks being-sick sick needs I've never talked to our guys about being young. That's an easy crutch to fall on. You really just have to come in and build the spirit up of your team by working them everyday, showing them examples of what they've done and reinforce their work. Scott Brooks team guy fall You don't think the losing is ever going to end, but when it does end, you get to enjoy it and keep working with it and keep getting it better, and that's where we are. Scott Brooks losing doe thinking I've been around young, talented, non-coachable players. I've been around veteran, talented, non-coachable players. No matter what you do, sooner or later - even if a coach comes in that's able to connect with them - if that's who they are, they're going to go back to it. Scott Brooks able player matter When you have an intense game, you're going to have arguments. I have no problem with it. I think it's healthy. Scott Brooks healthy games thinking I love being in the gym. Scott Brooks gym love-is I was the youngest of seven kids and I would not have been able to go to college without an athletic scholarship. Scott Brooks athletic college kids There's nothing that you can say in the paper that should affect you. Scott Brooks paper should The NBA needs more of that 'it's-about-us-against-them' mentality. Scott Brooks mentality nba needs To this day, I hate walnuts and I hate onions because on weekends when the walnuts and onions were in season, we were out there first thing in the morning and out there until the sun went down topping onions or picking walnuts. Scott Brooks weekend hate morning You play 20 games, you have one bad game, I think any team in this league will live with that. Scott Brooks game think you team You learn from playing against the best players and the best teams, and we're going to keep fighting and figuring out ways to beat them. Scott Brooks beat best you fighting I'm very thankful to players like John Stockton and Spud Webb. They've made it possible for someone like me to make it. I think teams are actually looking for one player under 6-feet now, because they make things happen. Scott Brooks looking me things-happen thankful Progress and Poverty was the most closely knit, fascinating, and convincing specimen of argumentation that, I believe, ever sprang from the mind of man. Scott Brooks man progress mind believe Similar Authors Bob Weltlich basketball-coach Bob Weiss basketball-coach Buzz Williams basketball-coach Bruce Pearl basketball-coach Brett Brown basketball-coach Brad Stevens basketball-coach All Authors
