Occupation: Basketball Coach Birth: September 18, 1952
Doubt is one of the main paths on the highway to failure..
Avoid cynical and negative people like the plague. They are killers of potential..
Ego is the greatest killer of one's potential.
Failure is good. It's fertilizer. Everything I've learned about coaching I've learned from making mistakes..
The basic premise of my system is to fatigue your opponents with constant pressure defensively and constant movement offensively..
I actually think if you have a strong junior class, that's the best possible scenario. In their senior year, guys who are on the threshold of making ….
Tackle the difficult things first in the morning; make changes in the way you network. Treat everyone with respect and dignity. This stops you from c….
Humility is the true key to success. Successful people lose their way at times. They often embrace and overindulge from the fruits of success. Humili….
When you have a problem, if you tell the truth, the problem becomes part of your past. If you lie, it becomes part of your future..
Live in the precious present..
The more you lose, the more positive you have to become. When you're winning, you can ride players harder because their self-esteem is high. If you a….
I just don't deal with the negativity. I can't get involved in that side of it. I don't understand it, and you can't let it take away from your life ….
Make incremental progress, change comes not by the yard, but by the inch..
When you build bridges you can keep crossing them..
Excellence is the unlimited ability to improve the quality of what you have to offer..
Those who work the hardest are the last to surrender..
Learning what not to do is sometimes more important than learning what to do..
Nothing meaningful or lasting comes without working hard at it..
Never let anyone out work you or out hustle you. Ever..
True motivation is not getting people to play to their potential. It's getting people to play beyond their potential.
He knew I enjoyed the relationships of college basketball. All along, he was the wise one..