You never fail if you know in your heart that you did the best of which you are capable.

Ten strong horses could not pull an empty baby carriage if they worked independently of each other.

There is no great fun, satisfaction, or joy derived from doing something that's easy.

All of life is peaks and valleys. Don't let the peaks get too high and the valleys too low.

Remember, results aren't the criteria for success — it's the effort made for achievement that is most important.

You have to work hard, and you have to enjoy what you're doing. If you don't enjoy it, no matter how hard you seem to work, you're not going to be working as hard as you can because you're not enjoying it.

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.