The one thing about players today is that they're very sensitive, and very fragile. They didn't grow up with tough coaches.

I'm a numbers guy, and I think numbers sometimes tell stories and sometimes they don't. When you look at the NBA, when teams shoot 45% or better from the floor, what is their record? And if they shoot under that what is their record?

A closing team is so important in the NBA. The last seven minutes is what you are always coaching to get to. Now you have your team set, you have the match-ups you want, you have your time-outs, your chance to finish the game, and that's my job, to get us to that position during the course of the game.

I've always said you have to go through a lot of heartache in life to feel joy.

I was taught by teachers, and if it's one thing I have it's a basketball mind and I try to pass it on and pay it forward.

The one thing about players today is that they're very sensitive, and very fragile. They didn't grow up with tough coaches.

When your teammate looks you in the eye and holds you accountable, that's the greatest kind of leadership there is