Always have your players go and pick-up the guy who draws the charge.

The key statistic is still to get to the foul line.

The flash of rain, the shining rainbow riding completely around the plane, the lift over mountain ridges, the steady, pure air at dawn take-offs. ... It was so alive and rich a life that any other conceivable choice seemed dull, prosaic, and humdrum.

I wasn't as critical during games as I was at practice. Players needed confidence during games more than criticism.

Praise behaviour that you want repeated

The death penalty makes us all murderers.

I would never recruit a player who yells at his teammates, disrespected his high school coach, or scores 33 points a game and his team goes 10-10.