Quotes on Basketball Coaching

I think that to stop an offense, you must go to the heart of that offense. If it is a particular move, a screen, the break, an outstanding scorer, whatever it is that they like to do and rely on, you have to work in your plans on taking that completely or as much as possible away from them.

They said you have to use your five best players but I found you win with the five who fit together the best.

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

And the trouble with me is that my ego just can't accept a loss. I suppose that if I were more perfectly adjusted, I would toss off defeat, but my name is on this ball club. Thirty-six men publicly reflect me and reflect on me, and it's a matter of my pride.

One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team.