Good basketball always starts with good defense!

I've always felt that, you know, the Almighty has a lot of things to do other than help my basketball team.

Players must be able to carry out simple instructions from the bench to the court. If they can't, then they can't play

And I would be the first to admit that probably, in a lot of press conferences over the time that I have been in coaching, indulging my own sense of humor at press conferences has not been greatly to my benefit.

I also believe that when something negative comes out about you in the media, that's only one person's opinion. These guys sometimes believe they've been ordained from on high to give the general opinion of the populace, and that just isn't the case.

We've gotten into this situation where integrity is really lacking and that's why I'm glad I'm not coaching. You see we've got a coach at Kentucky who put two schools on probation and he's still coaching. I really don't understand that.

The structure of your practice is the main reason for your success or lack of success as a coach