Quotes on Basketball

Although I wanted my players to work to win, I tried to convince them they had always won when they had done their best.

There are 86,400 seconds in a day. It's up to you to decide what to do with them.

Shoulda, coulda, and woulda won't get it done.

Anytime you get an award as a coach, you've got to be the ultimate fool to think it wasn't your assistant coaches and all the players responsible for the award.

Confidence shared is better than confidence only in yourself.

Whatever a leader does now sets up what he does later. And there's always a later.

I believe a big part of leadership is about winning the moment.

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

I only want to play basketball, and play it well and be happy about it. But I realize that with being famous, comes a lot of demands.

They said playing basketball would kill me. Well, not playing basketball was killing me.

You become a champion as a team. I understand that. I know the history of the game.

If it wasn't for the determination and the will power we have in each other, we wouldn't have pulled through and got this win. Much respect to Spain, but the U.S. is back on top again.

A team can't work when a guy puts himself in front of a team. I have yet to be on a team like that.

We want to win it all. The only reason we play this game is to win championships.

A lot of players know how to play the game, but they really don't know how to play the game, if you know what I mean. They can put the ball in the hoop, but I see things before they even happen. You know how a guy can make his team so much better? That's one thing I learned from watching Jordan.

I think I was chosen by basketball, although I never really physically got drafted to any team that I played for.

It's better to stay too long than to leave too soon.

I wanted to undertake the challenge of daring to be great.

I wanted to the best player in the state - [the best] the area has ever seen. That's always been my goal. Guys like Elgin Baylor, Adrian Dantley and Dave Bing, it's tough to pass those guys. So I'm studying, working. My project's not over yet. Hopefully, I get there.

I'm playing against great players, playing against the best in the world. The competition-that's what I've always wanted.

This is an award I couldn't have won on my own. I can't thank these guys enough. These are my guys, these are my brothers.