You aren't going to win championships unless you make layups and free throws.

Successful programs consist of people working hard, working together, while never worrying about who gets the credit.

Complacency is the forerunner of mediocrity. You can never work too hard on attitudes, effort and technique.

You build your program from the ideas of great coaches.

Recognize and reward players who put the team first, not just the gifted ones.

When you watch the game, be a student of the game.

Positioning, anticipation and technique create quickness. Therefore, you can always get quicker

Discover your gift, develop your gift and then give it away every day.

Tough minded enough to do the necessary things--this is the epitome of what a team is.

It is foolish to expect a young man to follow your advice and to ignore your example.

Coach like the coach you want to be ten years from now.

Realize that your gift does not only belong to you

Intellect is not wisdom.

The price of success is to bear the criticism of envy.

Magic is the art of thinking, not strength or language.

Man can no longer live for himself alone. We must realize that all life is valuable and that we are united to all life. From this knowledge comes our spiritual relationship with the universe.

Obsolete comments are worse than no comments.

We may not all break the Ten Commandments, but we are certainly all capable of it. Within us lurks the breaker of all laws, ready to spring out at the first real opportunity.

I find the idea of today's icons being teenagers incredibly uninspiring.

Nowadays people think that history is what was on TV last night.

My adoption was treated as a celebration.