My team at Pittsburgh is the greatest example of unselfishness and giving of oneself. They bought into that, and it's brought those kids championships, and it's brought all those kids so much glory.
I was raised to believe you are supposed to love everybody.
My dad taught not only tolerance but appreciation for every human being.
Usually you have a feel for what a kid's abilities are by the end of their sophomore year.
UCLA will always be involved with great players, and those players always draw scrutiny. That's just the way it is.
It's hard to get a job. There are more lawyers within a five-mile radius of wherever you're sitting than there are Division I jobs.
Northern Arizona was a job no one had ever survived, and a lot of people said I was crazy to take it. But to build a program and win there gave me a lot of confidence when people said we couldn't do it at Pitt.
You can never blame somebody for wanting to go home.
Pittsburgh is a football town.
I will never leave UCLA and will stay at UCLA as long they will have me.
No one is perfect. I would never claim to be that person.
Everybody makes mistakes. I'm definitely not perfect.
What is the NCAA going to do a program if a kid leaves before two years. You can't control it. The NBA is the one that has to control it.
Typically, you'll see that zones work better in November than in February. As the season goes on, teams get better and better at attacking zones, and it becomes harder to become an effective zone defense as the season progresses. But early on, it can be can good at times.
How many people do you know who love their jobs? Did your dad love his job? Was he passionate about it? Because I am. I love it. I love the relationships. I love teaching. I love the competition. I love everything about it.
One of the very best things about being a coach or student-athlete at UCLA is if you need medical attention, you won't find any better place in the country than at the incomparable UCLA Medical Center.
One thing I've always prided myself on is understanding that to have success, you have to have high-character kids.
There's no question we made a couple mistakes there at UCLA at the very end.
When you take over a screwed-up situation, you need time.
It's very painful to lose, and it's a very difficult process to go through, especially at a place like UCLA where the standards are very high.
