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

When a guy takes off his coat, he's not going to fight. When a guy takes off his wristwatch, watch out!

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

I let ballplayers yell back at me because I wasn't trying to prove I'm boss. I know I'm boss.

If a player leaves Marquette and doesn't have some of my blood in him, then I don't think I've done a good job.

I believe in a business boarding up early. If you make a mistake, you put the boards in the window of the store and say, "Hey, I made a mistake." Let me take two shots in the arm and a punch on the nose and let me get on to the next thing. I don't believe in worrying over failures. I worry about successes. This is opposite from most people. Most people zero in on their failures. I try to keep all my attention on a pyramid type philosophy rather than the averaging-down philosophy.

The next time I will cry is when I die. My life has been that beautiful.