I'm a big believer in communication. J. B. Bickerstaff More Quotes by J. B. Bickerstaff More Quotes From J. B. Bickerstaff It's always fun when you get to go somewhere new and you get to meet new people and get new experiences. J. B. Bickerstaff newyoufunpeople Grinding is a mindset and a willingness and commitment to work at it. J. B. Bickerstaff willingnessmindsetworkcommitment Conflict resolution, all those things, are important. When you're in a group environment, you have to have those. If you don't, things fester. Have the conversation. Resolve it. Move forward. J. B. Bickerstaff youconflictimportantconversation Any good defensive team has a strong anchor, because he cleans up mistakes. J. B. Bickerstaff mistakesgoodteamstrong Whenever someone great passes, all of us have a loss. J. B. Bickerstaff ussomeonegreatloss I'm always for constructive conversation, meaningful conversation, not just words, but conversation. J. B. Bickerstaff wordsjustalwaysconversation When you want to win, and you want to go to work every day, you want to work with high character people; you want to work with classy people. J. B. Bickerstaff dayyouworkcharacter Nothing is ever perfect in the NBA. J. B. Bickerstaff nbaevernothingperfect It's not the way you want to get a job, to see someone you admire and look up to and learned so much from get fired. J. B. Bickerstaff joblookyouway Small ball, spacing, shooting 3s, is something that everybody's trying to do. J. B. Bickerstaff somethingsmallshootingtrying My dad always took over teams, except for Washington, that were rebuilding, and you hear the taunting, the jokes, negative, awful things about the person you love. That hardens you at a young age. J. B. Bickerstaff youdadagelove Let's face it, first-time assistant coaches normally don't walk into jobs with two perennial All-Stars on a team that just got bounced in the Western finals. Normally, they get a job in the middle of a year, playing for lottery balls. J. B. Bickerstaff facewalkjobteam You don't win without talent, but your talent has to have purpose. J. B. Bickerstaff winyoutalentpurpose My brother and I used to laugh and say, 'Normal kids went to day care, and we went to the gym.' J. B. Bickerstaff laughdaygymbrother As a coach, the more experience you have, the more you're around players, it helps so you see how guys learn, ways that are effective to reach different people. You see the aftermath of all the things that happened; you don't just see what happens at the game, you see what happens after the game, the followthrough, and those types of things. J. B. Bickerstaff gameyouexperiencepeople No matter what your job is, you know that you need to have a routine, that you need to be disciplined, you need to work. J. B. Bickerstaff jobyoumatterwork I watch a ton of movies. Going way back, I like 'The Godfather.' 'The Matrix' was one of my favorites - the first one; they got a little carried away after the first one. Those are two that stand out. J. B. Bickerstaff standmoviesbackway Every day, you learn something. That's the same as assistant coach and the same as a head coach. You should continue to learn. You watch so much basketball, you should see something somewhere from somebody different all the time. J. B. Bickerstaff every-daydayyoutime I hope I continue to learn. If I don't, then I know everything. J. B. Bickerstaff continueeverythingknowhope You go with what you got. That's the thing about having a system, then you plug guys into your system. J. B. Bickerstaff youraboutgoyou
