The NBA is all about winning, but at this level (college basketball) winning doesn't make you happy. You can win, and play lousy, and in my program, feel lousy. To me it's about: How good can we be.

It's about doing it in a way that it can't be done any better. That is the goal every day.

Bottom line, you're either a risk taker, or your not, and if you don't take risks, you'll never win big.

With the absence of pressure, it's hard to do great things.

I don't hire good coaches, I hire good people. If they turn out to be good coaches, too, that's a plus.

Barbara said she knew it was in as soon as she shot it. She's told me a lot of lies over the last four years, but that was the biggest one I've ever heard.

Everything goes in cycles. There isn't anything that lasts indefinitely.

Pull up a chair. Take a taste. Come join us. Life is so endlessly delicious.

Even though I didn't think I'd like empathy it kind of creeps up on you and makes you feel all warm and glowy inside. I don't think I want to go back to life without empathy.

Don't be afraid to start small, entrepreneurship takes courage to win, and look for quick wins while setting a short and long term vision

For a long time I was embarrassed to say I was a 'B' movie actor, ... But now that I see what Hollywood's putting out, I realized 'B' actually means 'better.'

Where there is a sufficient social movement of self-reliant communities, there can be political change. There must be political change.

You're charging money to have people come watch you play; I want them to feel taken someplace good or provoked into thinking my way for an hour and a half or two hours.

If you've ever felt oppressed on any level, there's something from 'The Wire' that you can take and identify with.

You have to have a lot of kids.

The training of a Mord-Sith takes years - to learn to handle the pain. I guess it's also why only women are Mord-Sith, men are too weak.

To have a relationship that is pure and passionate and beautiful - I think people are scared of having that now. Especially guys.