Practice to beat the best.

We cannot accept in victory what we would not accept in defeat.

Most of my learning and philosophy regarding coaching basketball was developed after great frustration.

It is a paradoxical statement, but it takes incredible personal discipline to play with great freedom.

For us to be successful on defense, we must get back and stop the basketball, eliminate easy baskets, keep the ball out of the lane, and bother the shooters.

What you specifically teach is what your players will do best.

I must learn what I can to teach what I must.

We teach offense 5-0/5-5 (whole method) and defense by part (1-1/3-3).

What does this program/team need this week?

To be happy, be yourself.

The Romans would never have had time to conquer the world if they had been obliged to learn Latin first of all.

If I could live as a tree, as a river, as the moon, as the sun, as a star, as the earth, as a rock, I would. ...Writing permits me to experience life as any number of strange creations.

I know 100 percent what it's like to have people tell you that you can't hold an office because of your color, and to have people vote based on that belief.

I walked to the lake and sat on the shore for a few minutes, just staring at the moonlight on the water. Moonlight never gets old.

Most of the evils of life arise from man's being unable to sit still in a room.

I love teaching online at my website and soon I'll be writing a math book. I love to teach math. I just don't have time for a full-time teaching gig. Acting is way too time-consuming.

Rise above... cultivate the light you have within you, and it will shine through as a radiant expression that will be seen by others.

Whatever the ups and downs of detail within our limited experience, the larger whole is primarily beautiful.

When entrepreneurs are free to compete, they grow the pie so that everyone's share gets larger.