A leader's job is to develop committed followers. Bad leaders destroy their followers' sense of commitment.

- Dean Smith

If you make every game a life and death proposition, you're going to have problems. For one thing, you'll be dead a lot.

- Dean Smith

Good people are happy when something good happens to someone else.

- Dean Smith

Basketball is a beautiful game when the five players on the court play with one heartbeat.

- Dean Smith

The most important thing in good leadership is truly caring.

- Dean Smith

You should never be proud of doing the right thing. You should just do it.

- Dean Smith

You should sub a player out when you see a player not going full-speed or playing selfish basketball.

- Dean Smith

Basketball is a team game. But that doesn't mean all five players should have the same amount of shots.

- Dean Smith

What to do with a mistake: recognize it, admit it, learn from it, forget it.

- Dean Smith