To a father, when a child dies, the future dies; to a child when a parent dies, the past dies..

Any coach needs talent. You start with talent. Without talent, we're all in the soup..

To be a successful coach you should be and look prepared. You must be a man of integrity. Never break your word. Don't have two sets of standards. Re….

Everyone is born with a certain potential. You may never achieve your full potential, but how close you come depends on how much you want to pay the ….

The only correct actions are those that demand no explanation and no apology..

He who believes in nobody knows that he himself is not to be trusted..

Just do what you do best..

If you want to be a Champion, you've got to feel like one, you've got to act like one, you've got to look like one..

The most important thing in coaching is communication. It's not what you say as much as what they absorb..

Many, many times, the kids with the less talent become the better athletes because they're more dedicated to achieving their full potential..

Strategy is something anyone can learn. But not all coaches take the time to understand a man's personality..

An acre of performance is worth a whole world of promise..

I have two college degrees, four honorary doctorate degrees, and am in three Halls of fame, and the only thing I know how to do is teach tall people ….

I don't believe in statistics. There are too many factors that can't be measured. You can't measure a ballplayer's heart..

It's not what you tell your players that counts. It's what they hear..

The Boston Celtics are not a basketball team, they are a way of life..

The best way to forget ones self is to look at the world with attention and love..

And I have been very blessed, having coached some of the greatest that have ever played the game. But if I had to start a team today, the greatest pl….

Wilt Chamberlain had a great deal to do with the success of the NBA. His dominance, power, demeanor and the rivalry with Bill Russell says it all. He….

When players are used to winning, they put out a little more. Basketball 3rd winningest coach (regular season and playoffs) in NBA history; won 1,037….

Take pride in what you do. The kind of pride I'm talking about is not the arrogant puffed-up kind; it's just the whole idea of caring - fiercely cari….