Don't fight the rabbits. If you fight the rabbits, the elephants are going to kill you.

I think the ability to motivate might be interpreted as the ability to lead, or to show people their goals or, perhaps more important, what their potential is - as a person as well as a player. You've got to show players that being part of a team will carry over to the experience of becoming part of society.

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

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

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.

I think that to stop an offense, you must go to the heart of that offense. If it is a particular move, a screen, the break, an outstanding scorer, whatever it is that they like to do and rely on, you have to work in your plans on taking that completely or as much as possible away from them.

The biggest difficulty in getting to the top of the ladder is getting through the crowd at the bottom.