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.

Practice structure determines success.

When I first started coaching, one of the worst things that I think I heard was 'It will be O.K.' I would wonder, 'How the hell is it going to be O.K.?' The worst word in the English language is 'hope.'

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

It is better to anticipate than to react.

I was worried about losing until I looked down the floor and saw Dale Brown. Then I knew we had a chance.

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