SMU: 'It's unbelievable to think that kind of corruption came right from the top of the power structure. The NCAA did what it had to do' in canceling SMU's 1988 football season.

You have to perform at a consistently higher level than others. That's the mark of a true professional.

Don't just stand back and play the way you're coached. A great player must rise to the occasion and turn the game around on his own.

Keep hustling, something good will happen.

If I had to do it over again, I'd probably play the game the same way.

To teach an academic subject is certainly not easy, but compared to coaching, it is. We can say two plus two is four to every kid and be sure that we are right. But in coaching, we have to literally get to the soul of the people we are dealing with.

The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital.