Perform drills that force your players to think

Why talk now when so many things have been said without ever giving me a chance to talk?

To be as good as it can be, a team has to buy into what you as the coach are doing. They have to feel you're a part of them and they're a part of you.

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.

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

I would rather be thought of as a teacher than a coach.

You don't play against opponents, you play against the game of basketball.