You coach at a have-not school, and you have to have a competitiveness and a resolve and resiliency about you that's different, or you'll never make it. You've got to find a way to do more with less.
It's a big deal to get to the NCAA Tournament.
There are incredible decisions made in a 48-minute game with a 24-second shot clock and the last two minutes of a game.
Guys like Andre Miller and Kevin Garnett - they're posting up hoping a second guy will run at them so they can pass. You're better just playing one-on-one in the post if you can.
I'm saying when young men get to the NCAA Tournament, let's find a way to get their parents and their brothers and sisters a plane ticket and a hotel room. I don't think that's asking too much.
Leaving Oklahoma for Illinois is not the no-brainer some think it is.
When I first got to Oklahoma, it was really a blessing that coach Sutton was at Oklahoma State. He made me a better coach.
Racism was a big part of our community. I'm not going to revisit history, and I'm not going to call out those communities, but the communities we grew up around, we were treated like second- or third-class citizens.
The tobacco markets I worked in were segregated. If you went to the bathroom, there was 'White,' there was 'Colored,' and there was 'Other.' I grew up in that.
With federal recognition, the Lumbee Tribe would become a full player in Indian country, no longer second class Indians in the eyes of the federal government. As such, we would employ our substantial skills and abilities to help correct problems faced by Indian country and make significant contributions.
All I wanted to do is coach in the NBA. I didn't want anything to do with college basketball.
Sometimes Kellen calls me 'Coach.' Sometimes he calls me 'Pops.'
The most overrated thing is that you're a good defensive team because of your coaching. No. You're a good defensive team because you care and because it's important to you.
You don't want to get stuck playing 40 minutes a game with your small lineup.
Teams that just play on one side of the floor are going to struggle against defenses that load up on that side.
One of the things I enjoy most about what I do is I can give my father joy.
I was not real good at anything. I was just OK at everything.
Coaching is competitively addictive. It just gets in your blood, especially if you win.
Tough teams win when the shots are not going.
I'm 50 years old and been a college coach for 23 years, but after 12 years, no matter where you are, there are ups and downs.
