The hardest thing for a basketball player to do is dribble two really hard dribbles. You are flying, and then pull up and shoot a ball from 15, 17 feet. It's the hardest thing in the game.

Nothing is given to you. You're going to have to work for it.

You better educate yourself. You don't stand in the front of the line unless you're up there because you know everything that's involved.

For our children, you want them to build their own self-esteem and their own self-confidence. For your own child. You don't want it to come from somebody else because, if it does, that same person can take it away. You want them to learn the grind.

You understand, you do not invent stuff on this team. Guys that invent stuff will not play for me. Make the easy play

You do things other people cannot do, so just stay in the moment as you improve the other areas.

The best players I've coached make really hard things look easy. Like you may say, well, that was easy, and then, well, go try it. You think it's so easy, go ahead and do it.