I just coach my team. I just focus on coaching my team.
The people who know me, know me. Those are the only ones I worry about.
When I was at Oklahoma, I didn't think it could get any bigger than that.
As an outsider, when you think of Indiana, you think about a place that not only has championships but a championship tradition.
I've always been a goal-oriented person.
The thing that surprised me is you hear a lot about NBA guys, do they really want to be coached? My experience is they really do want to be coached. They want a plan: 'How are we going to win the game?' And they'll follow that plan.
Scott Skiles is one of the best coaches in the NBA, someone I observe and learn from on a day-to-day basis.
There were a lot of things that happened at Indiana that I was proud of.
I learned to be more flexible offensively, to not talk as much in practice.
Coaching is what I love to do, and I think I'm pretty good at it.
Getting to the NBA really helped me personally on a lot of levels. I liked it so much that I wanted to stay there.
I have never intentionally provided false and misleading information to the NCAA.
You just have to be secure and understand what your beliefs are and how determined you are.
No one would have ever thought College GameDay would be coming to the University of Houston, I know that.
Pembroke is my foundation. Everything that I've become is because of those people.
Being Native American, we were different than everybody else, but I never felt like I was different.
I didn't realize the difference between coaching college and coaching the NBA. It's a totally different animal.
I learned quickly in the NBA that you keep one eye open at all times and one ear closed. You can't react to everything you hear or see.
When I left college ball, I think I was prepared to coach a team, but I don't think I was prepared to help the team win.
In this business, a lot of coaches are running around thinking they're the reason their teams are winning.
