Whenever someone great passes, all of us have a loss. 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 new you fun people Grinding is a mindset and a willingness and commitment to work at it. J. B. Bickerstaff willingness mindset work commitment 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 you conflict important conversation Any good defensive team has a strong anchor, because he cleans up mistakes. J. B. Bickerstaff mistakes good team strong I'm a big believer in communication. J. B. Bickerstaff big believer communication I'm always for constructive conversation, meaningful conversation, not just words, but conversation. J. B. Bickerstaff words just always conversation 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 day you work character Nothing is ever perfect in the NBA. J. B. Bickerstaff nba ever nothing perfect 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 job look you way Small ball, spacing, shooting 3s, is something that everybody's trying to do. J. B. Bickerstaff something small shooting trying 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 you dad age love 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 face walk job team You don't win without talent, but your talent has to have purpose. J. B. Bickerstaff win you talent purpose My brother and I used to laugh and say, 'Normal kids went to day care, and we went to the gym.' J. B. Bickerstaff laugh day gym brother 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 game you experience people 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 job you matter work 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 stand movies back way 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-day day you time I hope I continue to learn. If I don't, then I know everything. J. B. Bickerstaff continue everything know hope You go with what you got. That's the thing about having a system, then you plug guys into your system. J. B. Bickerstaff your about go you
