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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Winning is more related to good defense than good offense

The highest level of achievement is attained by the teams with the best conditioned players

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

It is not his body which makes a man strong, but his spirit. Nothing on the outside, but only that which comes from within.

It's very nice to be able to write something you don't have to get four other people to agree with before it can become authoritative.

I thought a thread of notable quotes relating to coffee may be interesting.

We're a crazy country about sports, but for the longest time, only followed our own sports.

LIBERAL, n. A man with his mind open at both ends.

To succeed in life one must have determination and must be prepared to suffer during the process. If one isn't prepared to suffer during adversities, I don't really see how he can be successful.

We live in a world where amnesia is the most wished-for state. When did history become a bad word?

I've never presented myself as anything less than a flawed person.

If we look at human society we see a place so difficult to live in because it is ruled by fear.

Life’s like that. As we grow and change, some things we’ve experience before take on new meaning. It’ll happen for the rest of your life.