Work without joy is drudgery. Drudgery does not produce champions, nor does it produce great organizations.

Once you become a good person, then you have a chance of becoming a good basketball player.

It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.

Place the team above yourself always.

Push yourself to keep improving or you'll stay as close to the bottom as you are to the top

One of my constant reminders was, "End practice on a happy note." I wanted the boys to want to come out to practice, and I wanted them to get a certain amount of pleasure out of basketball. It's a game. It should be fun. So I always tried to counterbalance any criticism in practice with a bit of praise. I wanted my players to feel that the worst punishment I could give them was to deny them the privilege of practicing. If they did not want to practice, I did not want them there.

I don't believe in looking back. If you make a decision that you think is the proper one at a time, then that's the correct decision.