The nicest thing about coaching is that one day you feel like you can play handball against a curb, and on other days you feel like you can fly to the moon.

Live in the moment that you are in.

Keep it simple, when you get too complex you forget the obvious.

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

I come from New York where, if you fall down, someone will pick you up by your wallet.

I just can't recruit where there's grass around. You gotta have a concrete lawn before I feel comfortable enough to go in and talk to you parents.

The only mystery in life is why the kamikaze pilots wore helmets.