I had three rules for my players: No profanity. Don't criticize a teammate. Never be late.
Material possessions, winning scores, and great reputations are meaningless in the eyes of the Lord, because He knows what we really are and that is all that matters.
Ability is a poor man's wealth.
Earn the right to be proud and confident.
If I am through learning, I am through.
Never lie, never cheat, never steal.
I've been blessed in so many ways.
What you are as a person is far more important than what you are as a basketball player.
In the end, it's about the teaching, and what I always loved about coaching was the practices. Not the games, not the tournaments, not the alumni stuff. But teaching the players during practice was what coaching was all about to me.
The main ingredient of stardom is the rest of the team.
We can have no progress without change, whether it be basketball or anything else.
Just try to be the best you can be; never cease trying to be the best you can be. That's in your power.
Be prepared and be honest.
There's as much crookedness as you want to find. There was something Abraham Lincoln said - he'd rather trust and be disappointed than distrust and be miserable all the time. Maybe I trusted too much.
Be more concerned with your character than your reputation.
You can lose when you outscore somebody in a game. And you can win when you're outscored.
When you hurry you're more apt to make mistakes. But you have to be quick. If you're not quick you can't get things done.
I worry that business leaders are more interested in material gain than they are in having the patience to build up a strong organization, and a strong organization starts with caring for their people.
Love is the most important thing in the world. Hate, we should remove from the dictionary.
Somebody asked me - you know, how come it took you so long to win a national championship? And I said, 'I'm a slow learner; but you notice when I learn something, I have it down pretty good.'
