The less determined and the less motivated weed themselves out.

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

If you're going to have to beg them to play, it's not going to work.

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

Coaching is like flying an airplane, there is going to be a lot of turbulence, but your job is to land the plane safely.

Athletes that can't listen, can condition.

A lot of guys go through their whole careers and don't win a championship, but are still great coaches.