I don't hire good coaches, I hire good people. If they turn out to be good coaches, too, that's a plus.

- Geno Auriemma

It's about doing it in a way that it can't be done any better. That is the goal every day.

- Geno Auriemma

If you are getting into coaching right out of college, you're not one of the coaches because you're not really, like, a coach yet. You're someone who…

- Geno Auriemma

Barbara said she knew it was in as soon as she shot it. She's told me a lot of lies over the last four years, but that was the biggest one I've ever …

- Geno Auriemma

I've had the privilege of coaching the best basketball team in the history of the world, and that's the USA national team. I've had a chance to coach…

- Geno Auriemma

Bottom line, you're either a risk taker, or your not, and if you don't take risks, you'll never win big.

- Geno Auriemma

With the absence of pressure, it's hard to do great things.

- Geno Auriemma

Everything goes in cycles. There isn't anything that lasts indefinitely.

- Geno Auriemma

The NBA is all about winning, but at this level (college basketball) winning doesn't make you happy. You can win, and play lousy, and in my program, …

- Geno Auriemma