"You'll always miss 100% of the shots you don't take." -- Wayne Gretzky

The following comes Rahel Smith via Crieghton Burns : Body language can be described as how one uses gestures and body movements to comm...

         "I'm not a very skilled player. I'm not          that talented.  For me, it's about wanting          to win more t...

Bulls Derrick Rose on improving: “I really don’t know,” Rose said when asked about his ceiling. “There’s no point in playing the game if y...

1. When a winner makes a mistake, he says "my fault"; when a loser makes a mistake, he throws the blame on someone else. 2. ...

Thanks to Coach Clarence Gaines for pointing me to this article in GQ with thoughts from Kevin Love on his rebounding attitude: "Fo...

“When you’re in the locker room before the game starts, and you’re sitting there and there’s still silence, almost like a silence sweeping o...

Thanks to the http://www.CoachingToolbox.net/  for sharing this list from Coach Steve Smiley of Sheridan College. Steve is a former point g...

This is a passout we gave to our team today: Each day, as a student-athlete, you make personal choices that help define who are you are an...

"When I played with Michael Jordan on the Olympic Team, there was a huge gap between his ability and the ability of the other great ...

“There are only two options regarding commitment; you’re either in or you’re out. There’s no such thing as life in-between.” -Pat Riley

"Each individual player has much greater ability than he thinks he has.  Particularly when he uses that ability in a committed team eff...

Thanks to Alan Stein for passing along these thoughts from http://blog.strongerteam.com/ . As Alan said: "Jerry West is the NBA logo...

"Be committed to excellence. You must be willing to work extremely hard and make whatever reasonable sacrifices are necessary to achie...

• Enthusiasm gives you the power to get up early when you are not a morning person. • Enthusiasm keeps you working on a project instead ...