We talk in coaching about "winners" - kids, and I've had a lot of them, who just will not allow themselves or their team to lose. Coaches call that a will to win. I don't. I think that puts the emphasis in the wrong place. Everybody has a will to win. What's far more important is having the will to prepare to win.

Everyone wants to win, but not everyone is willing to prepare to win.

I would rather be thought of as a teacher than a coach.

I sit and wonder why no one uses the shot fake. The shot fake, when used correctly, can eliminate a defender

Offense is not equal opportunity

You play ball against yourself; your opponent is your potential.

As I've said, basketball has been, I think, a real cooperative venture. There have been a lot of people that have been involved in it: coaches, administrators - not recently - fans and nobody, nobody any more so than students over the years.