The better conditioned team will probably win in the long run.

What you are as a person is far more important than what you are as a basketball player.

Being your best when your best is needed. The ability to enjoy challenges when things become difficult and to derive exhilaration from them.

A mentor must always guide, never push. It was my job to listen to them, offer my perspective, and encourage them to pursue the ideals they believed to be true.

Decisions are more apt to be accepted when you've listened to suggestions first. I wanted them to see the reason behind what I asked of them, not to do things just because I said so.

Opponents are working very hard to defeat us. Let's not do it for them by defeating ourselves from within.

One of the greatest motivating factors is the pat on the back, although with some individuals, you have to make the pat a little lower or a little harder.