I'd probably be better off without trying to satisfy me, with my sense of humor. There are things that I have said that are funny to me, but they weren't to somebody in the press. So that hasn't worked to my benefit.

Basketball may have been invented in Massachusetts, but it was made for Indiana.

We should not have to push you to work hard, you should work hard because you want to be a great player.

I have always maintained that in basketball the importance of the mental to the physical is about four to one.

Failure, to me, is not having the desire to try. Having the desire to try is in it own way success.

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

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