Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.

Climb the mountain so you can see the world, not so the world can see you. Focus all your effort on what is in your power to control.

I've never stopped trying to do what's right. I'm not doing it to earn favor with God. I'm doing it because it's the right thing to do.

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

My bench never heard me mention winning. My whole emphasis was for each one of my players to try to learn to execute the fundamentals to the best of their ability. Not to try to be better than somebody else, but to learn from others, and never cease trying to be the best they could be; that's what I emphasized more than anything else.

Conditioning is essential to success in basketball.

The greatest ally you have to get things working well and the players performing as a team is the bench. Don't be afraid to use it, either for the star player or anyone else.