You never want to confuse activity with accomplishment.

If pursuing material things becomes your only goal, you will fail in so many ways. Besides, in time all material things go away.

What a leader learns after you've learned it all counts most of all.

I would not tolerate profanity from anyone, anytime. I'd blow the whistle, pull you from the court and put you on the bench and talk to you before I would put you back in.

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.

Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.

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