For me to get an award from the press, I know there's been no favoritism.

A coach should never be afraid to ask questions of anyone he could learn from.

I'm a teacher. My mother was a teacher. I spent 40 years as a teacher.

Don't fight the rabbits. If you fight the rabbits, the elephants are going to kill you.

I don't think my dad ever raised his voice to my mother or to me, ever.

As coaches we talk about two things: offense and defense. There is a third phase we neglect, which is more important. It's conversion from offense to defense and defense to offense.

I'm not sure I've ever been around anybody that wanted to win more or worked harder than Michael Jordan.

To be as good as it can be, a team has to buy into what you as the coach are doing. They have to feel you're a part of them and they're a part of you.

Perform drills that force your players to think.

Walking has been ridiculous in college basketball the past 15 years.

I don't think I have ever been out of control.

My practices were not set up to be easy or enjoyed.

Competitive drills enhance quickness.

I have always maintained that in basketball the importance of the mental to the physical is about four to one.

Discipline is knowing what to do. Knowing when to do it. Doing it to the best of your abilities. Doing it that way every single time.

Basketball is a full court game, so every drill must be done full court.

You don't play against opponents, you play against the game of basketball.

From my mother to people that I've known in my lifetime, they've tried to settle me down a little bit. Now I'm trying to do the same thing to my man Trump.

Mental toughness is to physical as four is to one.

In order to achieve positive results, one must work for them, not hope for them.