If they don't let me coach, they might as well take me to the Lexington cemetery.

I wouldn't give one iota to make a trip from the cradle to the grave unless I could live in a competitive world.

I believe that good defense embodies seven cardinal principle: reduce the number of your opponent's shots; force your opponent into low percentage shots; control everything within 18 feet; eliminate second shots; no easy baskets; point the ball on all long shots; and prevent the ball from going into the pivot man.

He who controlleth the backboard, controlleth the game.

Success is the best builder of character.

We're never as good as we think we are, nor as bad as we think we are.

I've always envied the kind of coach who could go completely out of his mind and nobody would know the difference.