We have to get a lot tougher. If you get involved in a street fight, you can't lay down in the street and act like you're dead because they will kill you for sure. You might as well get up and fight.

Every coach should be recording games to watch...use your VCR.

Shout praise and whisper criticism.

Good shooters take the shots; best shooters take most of the shots.

I tell everyone that I have 25,000 assistant coaches. If I want to know something, I just go to the grocery store.'

A coach who is not teaching leads to the worst thing in a program -- players not learning.

Recognize and reward players who put the team first, not just the gifted ones.