Can't win without talent, you know..

That's it. Curtains. Off to the races. Treetops. Seashells and balloons..

If the waitress has dirty ankles, the chili is good..

Remember, half the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their class..

When I'm losing, they call me nuts. When I'm winning, they call me eccentric..

Winning is overrated. The only time it is really important is in surgery and war..

Keep it simple, when you get too complex you forget the obvious..

I had my moment on the stage. The trick in life is to know when to leave..

I tell the players that they can't relive any day in their lives and that they can't relive the minutes of a game, so they should make a great effort….

The world is run by C students.

I just can't recruit where there's grass around. You gotta have a concrete lawn before I feel comfortable enough to go in and talk to you parents..

The best thing about freshmen is that they become sophomores..

I believe in a business boarding up early. If you make a mistake, you put the boards in the window of the store and say, "Hey, I made a mistake." Let….

Don't call me son unless you're going to include me in your will. (When Adolph Rupp called him, "Son.").

If you're straight with your players, they'll be straight with you..

My rule was I wouldn't recruit a kid if he had grass in front of his house. That's not my world. My world has a cracked sidewalk..

I think everyone should go to college and get a degree and then spend six months as a bartender and six months as a cabdriver. Then they would really….

The people who know basketball, their elevators don't go to the top..

Make your life exciting. Do what you have to do as long as you don't hurt people..

The next time I will cry is when I die. My life has been that beautiful..

It bothers me that the average fan, the average sportswriter for that matter, pays so much attention to what's in a box score. A box score does not p….