Melrose Lady Raiders Basketball

The great baseball player, Mickey Mantle, struck out over 1700 times in a Hall of Fame career. It's what you accomplish when you're not striking out that counts.

Some basketball quotes and thoughts to ponder:

• "Be quick, but don't hurry."
• "Sports doesn't build character, it reveals character."
• "The ball is gold." (Turnovers kill you)
• The worst kind of unrecognized turnovers are forced shots.
• "It's not what you tell your players that counts, it's what they hear."
• Play hard. Play smart. Play together. Have fun. 
• "It's not the name on the back of the uniform that matters, it's the name on the front."
• You become a great player by making the players around you better. 
• "Activity is not achievement."
• "It's amazing what you can accomplish when nobody cares who gets the credit."
• "Nothing great is ever accomplished without enthusiasm."
• "Coaches can talk and talk and talk about something, but if you can get it on tape and show it to them, it is so much more effective."
• "If you have to rest, rest on offense not on defense."
• "The best leaders are servants. It is always about others."
• "All great teams have two things in common: defense and rebounding."
• If you're not a great shooting team, then you'd better become a great passing team...to get easy shots."
• "Bad shooters are always open."
• "The most important day of your life is today."
• "Basketball is sharing."