When you're trying to make somebody the best version of themselves, you have to keep defining that over a period of time because sometimes it changes..

You understand, you do not invent stuff on this team. Guys that invent stuff will not play for me. Make the easy play.

Be more concerned with everybody else than yourself..

The only thing I pay attention to with free throws is what a guy does in the final four minutes of a game. If you can improve players' self-esteem an….

I'm playing the guys who are going to fight. If you're not into this, I'm going to someone else.

A great defensive effort. The one thing we have to do is make it hard for people to beat us. We're not worried about winning and losing, we just have….

There's no other state, none, that's as connected to their basketball program as this one. Because those other states have other programs. Michigan h….

Practice gotta be harder than the games and it never is unless you want it to be as a player. The coach can't drive that.

When you're trying to build or change a culture, what do you do? I always say to take players from state championship teams because they only know on….

You can be the seventh scorer or the first scorer, just be your best version..

I'm a teacher, a motivator. That's what I do. And I'm a protector on top of that..

It's not just about working hard, it's about working together. You have to care more about the team than you do about yourself.

If we're going to stay the gold standard, we're going to stay ahead of the curve, well, then, when people try to do the things we're doing, we're try….

You better educate yourself. You don't stand in the front of the line unless you're up there because you know everything that's involved..

It's not about how far you fall, but how high you rebound..

The biggest thing is you cannot be afraid to miss the game-winning shot. It's not that you want to make it; it's that you're not afraid to miss it. Y….

I need people who look at adversity as a challenge and failure as a learning opportunity..

If I walk in a home and a kid disrespects a woman, his mother or grandmother, then I am out... I wont recruit them.

You've gotta learn to love the grind. Because life IS the grind..

Nothing is given to you. You're going to have to work for it..

A successful person never loses...they either win or learn!.