We sometimes need adversity to fathom our true depths..

We measure areas of performance that are often ignored: jumping in pursuit of every rebound even if you don't get it, swatting at every pass, diving ….

Being ready isn't enough; you have to be prepared for a promotion or any other significant change..

In all the research you do as a coach, studying other coaches and championship-type situations, you find that all those teams combined talent with gr….

Basketball is a game of conditioning and fatigue. That's why I believe in practicing a team to train when it's exhausted..

Great players crave instruction on their weaknesses..

The changes in your life aren't always what you hoped for. But they usually help you grow..

People who create 20% of the results will begin believing they deserve 80% of the rewards..

In every adversity, there is a seed of equivalent benefit..

It's a reality we have to understand. (O'Neal) has to be more diligent. We have to be more diligent protecting him. We need him in the game..

A champion needs a motivation above and beyond winning..

You can only receive what you're willing to give..

It's what you get from games you lose that is extremely important..

You have to defeat a great players aura more than his game..

Management must speak with one voice. When it doesn't management itself becomes a peripheral opponent to the team's mission..

Your either in or out. There's no in between..

Excellence happens when you try each day to both do and be, a little better than you were yesterday!.

Public life is regarded as the crown of a career, and to young men it is the worthiest ambition. Politics is still the greatest and the most honorabl….

There can only be one state of mind as you approach any profound test; total concentration, a spirit of togetherness, and strength..

You have no choices about how you lose, but you do have a choice about how you come back and prepare to win again..

Shoulda, coulda, and woulda won't get it done..