Coach Popovich GOLD 🥇 Two Simple Rules for Coaching: 1. Tell Players the Truth 2. Love them to Death #LeadershipMatters #CultureWins

“Give me toughness over talent any day - I can take a tough kid and make him a better player but there is no coaching for a kid that’s soft” - Jim Calhoun

CHAMPIONSHIP CULTURES ⛔️ Avoid and Eliminate Box 1 People 🗣 Coach and Develop Box 2 People ✂️ Confront and Cut Box 3 People 🧲 Attract, Play, and Promote Box 4 People

"Don't get mad at me when it's 110 degrees and you don't feel like doing it anymore. I'm gonna make you do it, b/c you told me when you were comfortable in this meeting room, in air conditioning, that that's what you wanted." Your standards must be consistent not conditional.

"I remember seeing the weight room thing. Everybody made such a big deal out of it This is my 25th Final 4. Not once has any of my players said, Coach, can I go lift weights? It was the biggest embarrassment of all time that that caused the uproar that it did" -Geno Auriemma 😂

thinking about trademarking the Schaefer Scuba™️... what do y'all think? 🤘🤿 #HookEm

"God, whatever you're doing right now, I know it's going to be better than I imagine" -The message Madison Booker repeated to herself during one of the worst offensive nights of her career #HookEm

Cori Close deserves a ton of credit for today's game plan — and just how composed her team has been all day on the sport's biggest stage. Neither she nor any of her players had played in a national championship game before. No nerves. No pressing.

Do you think UCLA’s performance in the final four is a testament to playing with concepts instead of sets? They constantly drill actions and reads, which makes the defense wrong every time.

Cori Close: "It's hard to even know what to say. ... I remember my dad used to say, he knew I loved to compete. He goes, 'If you can take something that you love and continue to compete and impact people's hearts in the process, you found a good thing.' This has been a calling."

How many recruiting calls does Oregon State MBB coach Justin Joyner make tonight from Indianapolis?

In her final game as a Longhorn, Rori Harmon wasn’t thinking about herself. She chose to be a selfless leader, she chose to be a sister to Madison Booker. Their bond defined Texas’ season, even in heartbreak. Read here! thedailytexan.com/2026/04/06/har…

I’m not anti-transfer and there are valid reasons for athletes to leave, but I truly believe most would benefit more by staying at one place. Maybe I’m old school, but building lasting relationships, learning how to find a role & dealing with adversity are vital life skills.

After the team flew back following UConn’s National Championship loss, Tarris Reed Jr. prepared a speech on short notice for UConn’s Athletes In Action meeting. “I told myself I would let the Holy Spirit speak through me.” He revealed that night, both Azzi Fudd and KK Arnold of

balancing motherhood and one of the best program turnarounds in the nation is just a day in the life for Coach Katie Faulkner 🫶 ✍️ | gowav.es/4vlOjq7 #MakeWaves | Pepperdine Waves

I’m in love with this sentence: “Consistency looks like nothing is happening, until everything changes.”

“The secret is there is no secret. It’s just boring old habits” - Ray Allen

Film study separates players who play the game from players who understand it.

ADHD is wild because how am I exhausted from doing nothing but also haven't relaxed at all