Winning is only important in war and surgery.

I don't think any decent human being enjoys recruiting.

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

Live in the moment that you are in.

There's no one who's dropped on top of the mountain. You've got to work your way to the top.

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.

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.