Occupation: Basketball Coach Birth: February 28, 1931 Death: February 7, 2015
You should never be proud of doing the right thing. You should just do it..
What to do with a mistake: recognize it, admit it, learn from it, forget it..
If you make every game a life and death proposition, you're going to have problems. For one thing, you'll be dead a lot..
Good people are happy when something good happens to someone else..
A leader's job is to develop committed followers. Bad leaders destroy their followers' sense of commitment..
Basketball is a beautiful game when the five players on the court play with one heartbeat..
The most important thing in good leadership is truly caring..
Basketball is a team game. But that doesn't mean all five players should have the same amount of shots..
You should sub a player out when you see a player not going full-speed or playing selfish basketball..
Given the fact that we are in a capitalist society, we still do not want to overlook not only what a corporation produces and its profitability but a….
There is a point in every contest when sitting on the sidelines is not an option..
I always mean what I say, but I don't always say what I'm thinking..
If you treat every situation as a life and death matter, you'll die a lot of times..
One player's selfish attitude can poison a locker room and make it hard, if not impossible, to establish team work.
Over coaching is the worst thing you can do to a player..
There is a lot of basketball beyond our control, but a player should never let anyone try harder than he does.
I only use statistics to reinforce what I already think, or if it's something unusual..
I think the real free person in society is one that's disciplined. It's the one that can choose; that is the free one..
Michael, if you can't pass, you can't play..
The truly free person in society is a disciplined person..
The coach's job is to be part servant in helping each player reach his goals within the team concept..