Jimmy Tillette quotes

Jimmy Tillette quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“Players will never do more than you demand.”
-- Jimmy Tillette

#Basketball Quotes #Player Quotes #Coaching Quotes

“Basketball is my favorite sport, and I'm also a very passionate football fan.”
“Millions of guys play millions of basketball games every day of the week at the playground or the YMCA. But LeBron James gets $20 million a year because he can jam on all of those guys. We're always going to want to see LeBron and Kobe go at it.”
“If a Coach is determined to stay in the coaching profession, he will develop from year to year. This much is true, no coach has a monopoly on the knowledge of basketball. There are no secrets in the game. The only secrets, if there are any, are good teaching of sound fundamentals, intelligent handling of men, a sound system of play, and the ability to instill in the boys a desire to win.”
“One reason outfielders don't have stronger arms might be they don't practice as much as we did. Most teams today don't take outfield practice. Another reason is baseball has to compete with other sports now - basketball, football, soccer - for the better athletes that might have more skills and stronger arms.”
“I had Lana and she was the number one player on my team”
“I reside in a new colony for the Chinese-singing banjo player, with a population of one. At least I have something I have to do with my life.”

Source : "Obsessed: China" by Abigail Washburn, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 17, 2012.
“I'm not a good guitar player.”
“I want to be the best player to ever play this game.”
“You better have great practices.”
“I was a pretty good coach and working with marketing was like coaching.”

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