Occupation: Basketball Coach Birth: June 14, 1952 Death: June 28, 2016
You have to make shots. That's the bottom line..
I think helped our players in terms of being able to fight through some adversity along the way..
I've always put great emphasis on the academics and getting your degree. It's important because basketball is short term. The long term is what are y….
I love teaching I think more than anything. It's the opportunity to just teach young people and teach the game. You teach more than basketball. You t….
I really felt like we had to have a go to player..
There are some concrete ways to create a winning attitude. But nothing beats practicing it. When you prepare to win, belief comes easily..
If I'm not leading by example, then I'm not doing the right thing. And I want to always do the right thing..
With attitude, you can determine your own performance..
Anyone can quit, but it takes a strong, committed person not to quit when times are tough..
Admit to and make yourself accountable for mistakes. How can you improve if you're never wrong?.
Teamwork is really a form of trust. It's what happens when you surrender the mistaken idea that you can go it alone and realize that you won't achiev….
Discipline yourself, so no one else has to..
It's my experience that people rise to the level of their own expectations and of the competition they seek out..
I think basketball has changed tremendously and for the better. I think that obviously the game is better. I think the skill of the players are bette….
Sometimes you learn more from losing than winning. Losing forces you to reexamine..
The willingness to experiment with change may be the most essential ingredient to success at anything..
I think you can challenge people, but you don't want to break people down. But you've got to sometimes just pull them aside and say, you know, you're….
I never ask Candace Parker if she was thinking about leaving because I never had any reason to believe she would. I just kept the focus on the team a….
We communicate all the time, even when we don't realize it. Be aware of body language.
When you grow up on a dairy farm, cows don't take a day off. So you work every day and my dad always said, 'No one can outwork you,'.
Teamwork does not come naturally. Let's face it. We are born with certain inclinations, but sharing isn't one of them..