If you spend too much time learning the 'tricks' of the trade, you may not learn the trade. There are no shortcuts. If you're working on finding a short cut, the easy way, you're not working hard enough on the fundamentals. You may get away with it for a spell, but there is no substitute for the basics. And the first basic is good, old fashioned hard work.

Since the most important responsibility of a coach in regard to the actual playing of the game is to teach his players properly and effectively to execute the various fundamentals of the game, he is first of all a teacher.

The best competition I have is against myself to become better

Kindness makes for much better teamwork.

Real wealth comes to the person who learns that we are paid best for the things we do for nothing.

My assistants and I often would spend more time planning a practice than the actual practice itself

Drink deeply from good books.