I discovered early on that the player who learned the fundamentals of basketball is going to have a much better chance of succeeding and rising through the levels of competition than the player who was content to do things his own way. A player should be interested in learning why things are done a certain way. The reasons behind the teaching often go a long way to helping develop the skill.

Make today your master piece.

I would spend almost as much time planning a practice as conducting it. Everything was planned out each day

Make friendship a fine art.

Generally speaking, individual performances don't win basketball games

Be quick but do not hurry.

My philosophy of defense is to keep the pressure on an opponent until you get to his emotions