Occupation: Basketball Coach Birth: September 17, 1945
The ideal way to win a championship is step by step..
Once you've done the mental work, there comes a point you have to throw yourself into the action and put your heart on the line. That means not only ….
Basketball is a simple game. Your goal is penetration, get the ball close to the basket, and there are three ways to do that. Pass, dribble and offen….
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….
I will have Derek Fisher wear all 5 of his rings the first time he comes in to talk to Carmelo..
You have to be unique..
Love is the force that ignites the spirit and binds teams together..
My job as a coach was to make something meaningful out of one of the most mundane activities on the planet: playing pro basketball..
People think I would never take on a team that has no legitimate chance to win a championship, This is one of the major misconceptions about me. Succ….
An acrobatic dunk will make it onto Sports Center. A simple, unspectacular bounce pass in the rhythm of the offense will not. System basketball has b….
Always keep an open mind and a compassionate heart..
The road to freedom is a beautiful system.
I probably would have no capability of absorbing a 60-defeat season as a coach. It would be a foreign experience. My whole career, even as a player, ….
I gave it my body and mind, but I have kept my soul..
Basketball is a sport that involves the subtle interweaving of players at full speed to the point where they are thinking and moving as one..
Good teams become great ones when the members trust each other enough to surrender the Me for the We..
You're only a success for the moment that you complete a successful act..
When the mind is allowed to relax, inspiration often follows..
I'm not going to coach again. I've done my coaching, and I think I can put that aside..
My first act after being named head coach of the Bulls was to formulate a vision for the team. I had to take into account not only what I wanted to a….
I know what it takes to be a coach. I've gone through that. I think I came up short my last season. Lots of things were happening physically to me, a….