There's a line, players usually don't cross it and coaches usually don't cross it. Every once in a while you get a little temper tantrum on both sides, I certainly have had 'em. I'm not proud of those.

You are what your record says you are.

My job is to call attention to the things that I think are the difference between winning and losing. If I can't do that then I have failed as a coach.

Part of buying the groceries is having a philosophy and trying to stick to it as best you can, knowing that occasionally you may make an exception. But, you do so knowing you're attempting to do it for a certain reason and you have to be very careful not to try to make too many exceptions, because then you wind up as a franchise with a team full of exceptions, which is not what you want.

There are two sides to a pancake. One is brown and fluffy; the other is burnt.

I see a little progress, ... So as long as I keep seeing that, then I'm willing to give him everything I've got.

Usually older players, late in the season, start to get cold.