The single most important aspect of coaching is running effective practices

BS is just what it stands for, an MS is More of the Same, and a PhD is Piled Higher and Deeper.

Al McGuire talked to me I don't know how many times about dealing with the press: "You've got to be a con man." I tried that for a day or so, but it never really worked for me.

To me, the most enjoyable part is the practice and preparation

If my primary purpose here at Indiana is to go out and win ballgames, I can probably do that as well as anybody can. I would just cheat, get some money from a lot of people around Indianapolis who want to run the operation that way, and just go out and get the best basketball players I can. Then we'd beat everybody.

I always designed my practice plans the night before and then made tweaks a few hours before practice began

Practice structure determines success.