The purpose is to help, to prevent, to correct, to improve, rather than to punish. Criticism is not meant to punish, but rather to correct something that is preventing better results. The only goal is improvement.

Understand there is a price to be paid for achieving anything of significance. You must be willing to pay the price.

I do not judge success based on championships; rather, I judge it on how close we came to realizing our potential

We can have no progress without change, whether it be basketball or anything else.

Details create success.

People ask me if I'd permit fancy things, like dunks. Well, if they did dunk, it was with no fancy flair. No behind-the-back dribbles or passes unless necessary. If it was for show, you were on the bench.

Any structure must have a strong foundation. The cornerstones anchor the foundation. For some reason the cornerstones that I chose to begin with I never changed.