I'm an Einstein of the streets and an Oxford scholar of common sense.

When I'm losing, they call me nuts. When I'm winning, they call me eccentric.

Our guys took Shop and Advanced Shop. Shop is when you make a chair. Advanced Shop is when you paint it.

I tell the players that they can't relive any day in their lives and that they can't relive the minutes of a game, so they should make a great effort, a Mount Everest type effort, to live up to their potential. Success is a communal type thing, and if we win, then everyone can be considered successful and we can move uptown together.

Every obnoxious fan has a wife at home that dominates him.

Don't call me son unless you're going to include me in your will. (When Adolph Rupp called him, "Son.")

Help one kid at a time. He'll maybe go back and help a few more.