There are as many guys in coaching who do a lousy job as there are in the media. Those are two professions that are a lot alike. There aren't a hell of a lot of really good coaches or writers.

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

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

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

Everybody wants to be on a championship team, but nobody wants to come to practice.

I've never felt my job was to win basketball games - rather, that the essence of my job as a coach was to do everything I could to give my players the background necessary to succeed in life.

People want national championship banners. People want to talk about Indiana being competitive. How do we get there? We don't get there with milk and cookies.