If you treat every situation as a life and death matter, you'll die a lot of times..

There is a lot of basketball beyond our control, but a player should never let anyone try harder than he does.

The truly free person in society is a disciplined person..

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..

The coach's job is to be part servant in helping each player reach his goals within the team concept..

One player's selfish attitude can poison a locker room and make it hard, if not impossible, to establish team work.

Basketball is a beautiful game when the five players on the court play with one heartbeat..

What to do with a mistake: recognize it, admit it, learn from it, forget it..

A leader's job is to develop committed followers. Bad leaders destroy their followers' sense of commitment..

I wasn't as critical during games as I was at practice. Players needed confidence during games more than criticism..

You should never be proud of doing the right thing. You should just do it..

Good people are happy when something good happens to someone else..

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..

Over coaching is the worst thing you can do to a player..

You should sub a player out when you see a player not going full-speed or playing selfish basketball..

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..

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..