Well-coached teams are never surprised; they can adapt to anything they see.

- Jack Ramsay

Winning is more related to good defense than good offense

- Jack Ramsay

Players draw confidence from a poised, alert coach who anticipates changing in game conditions

- Jack Ramsay

Teams that play together beat those with superior players who play more as individuals.

- Jack Ramsay

Basketball, like all sports, is predicated on the execution of fundamentals. The coach is a teacher. His subject: fundamentals

- Jack Ramsay

A star can win any game; a team can win every game.

- Jack Ramsay

Even the greatest players accept coaching and value the need for discipline and the order that it brings to the team

- Jack Ramsay

I believe you win games by what you do from your first practice until your first game

- Jack Ramsay

A key basketball skill is imagery. The best players "see" situations before they happen so they can be prepared

- Jack Ramsay