Once you become a good person, then you have a chance of becoming a good basketball player.

The two hardest things to handle in life are failure and success.

Don't let the things you can't do get in the way of the things you can.

In my opinion, being an effective leader requires being an effective listener. The most productive leaders are usually those who are consistently willing to listen and learn.

The true athlete should have character, not be a character

Be more interested in character than reputation

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.