Occupation: Basketball Coach Birth: September 17, 1945
Basketball is sharing..
I think the most important thing about coaching is that you have to have a sense of confidence about what you're doing..
I'm not trying to find answers anymore. I'm trying to live what I know..
Kobe was hell-bent on surpassing Jordan as the greatest player in the game. His obsession with Michael was striking. When we played in Chicago that s….
I'm a sports-watcher. I played football and baseball, coached baseball. So I watch those things..
The road to freedom is a beautiful system.
Wisdom is always an overmatch for strength..
And yet as a coach, I know that being fixated on winning (or more likely, not losing) is counterproductive, especially when it causes you to lose con….
If you give the future all your attention, the present will pass you by..
Basketball is a great mystery. You can do everything right. You can have the perfect mix of talent and the best system of offense in the game. You ca….
I always tell the players, "We are in the business that's very much like a marathon race only we're gonna be doing it for 260-something days or so." ….
I care about systematically playing basketball. If the spacing isn't right, if guys are standing on top of each other, if there aren't lanes to be pr….
My philosophy is that you can't motivate players with speeches, you have motivated players that you draft. That's where they come in and those are th….
I won't coach this team next year if he is still here. He won't listen to anyone. I've had it with this kid..
Coaching is salesmanship. Coaching is winning players over and convincing them they have to play together. It takes a team conviction to play togethe….
My dad always had this little sign on his desk: 'The bigger your head is, the easier your shoes are to fill'. He really drilled that in..
If we can accept whatever hand we've been dealt - no matter how unwelcome - the way to proceed eventually becomes clear..
I'm not railing, 'This is inadequate' or 'This isn't right.' Just show me what will work..
The best part of basketball, for those people on the inside, is the bus going to the airport after you've won a game on an opponent's floor. It's bee….
The real value in everything you do is in the details..
The problem with trading dominant players of that size is you never get in return what you've bargained away..