I've never felt my job was to win basketball games - rather, that the essence of my job as a coach was to do everything I could to give my players the background necessary to succeed in life.

I just love the game of basketball so much. The game! I don't need the 18,000 people screaming and all the peripheral things. To me, the most enjoyable part is the practice and preparation.

What is the best thing you can do in a close game? Drive to the basket and put pressure on the defense! Not jack up jump shots

Defense is all about helping. No one can guard a good dribbler, You have to walk kids through how to help and then how to help the helper

I recognize that I have a problem with my temper. For those times it has ever caused me to do anything that gave anyone understandable and justifiable reason to be upset, I am sincerely sorry.

Why talk now when so many things have been said without ever giving me a chance to talk?

All of us learn to write in the second grade. Most of us go on to greater things.