In 1948, I began coaching basketball at UCLA. Each hour of practice we worked very hard. Each day we worked very hard. Each week we worked very hard. Each season we worked very hard. Four fourteen years we worked very hard and didn't win a national championship. However, a national championship was won in the fifteenth year. Another in the sixteenth. And eight more in the following ten years.

Many leaders don't listen, and it is one of the greatest methods we have of learning. You need to listen to those under your supervision and to those who are above you.

You have not taught until they have learned.

A leader must listen to those under their supervision.

The purpose of discipline is not to punish, but to correct.

My eyesight is not nearly as good. My hearing is probably going away. My memory is slipping too. But I'm still around.

Reverse the ball one time for a good shot, two times for a great shot, three times for a layup.