Players have to buy into your system and be willing to accept the role, you, as the coach, have assigned to them

If one of our players gets his second foul in the first half, then he must come out of the game and not re-enter until the second half. To play defense and not foul is an art that must be mastered if you are going to be successful.

It's discouraging to make a mistake, but it's humiliating when you find out you're so unimportant that nobody noticed it.

The less determined and the less motivated weed themselves out.

The important thing is to get the right players on the team so Mike can be successful.

I think the Pistons have such a well rounded team, which is why they're so successful. All you have to do is look at the stats defensively and at their rebounding and scoring.

The two championship years were that significant for me.