If you are a good team, your offense is born on the defensive end.
In practice, don't just run basketball drills, teach the players how to play basketball.
Complacency is the forerunner of mediocrity. You can never work too hard on attitudes, effort and technique.
A coach who is not teaching leads to the worst thing in a program -- players not learning.
You have to learn to play with what you've got.
Successful programs consist of people working hard, working together, while never worrying about who gets the credit.