I don't believe in luck, I believe in preparation.

I hate casual shooting. Every shot is preceded by working to get open and catch and shoot under game like conditions

All the years I coached, we sent a card to every professor for each kid I had, and I was able to keep track on a daily basis who cut class or who was dropping a grade average. What I did was bring that kid in at 5:00 in the morning, and he would run the stairs from the bottom to the top until I told him to quit.

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.

Your biggest opponent isn't the other guy. It's human nature.

A quick way for any player to make himself better is to think about what he himself doesn't like to play against

If universities want to save a little money, they ought to make some cutbacks in administration and in faculty people who teach one class a week.