Good coaching is about leadership and instilling respect in your players. Dictators lead through fear - good coaches do not.

Sincerity may not help us make friends, but it will help us keep them.

I believe one of the requirements of good leadership is the ability to listen - really listen - to those in your organization. An effective leader is very good at listening, and it's difficult to listen when you are talking.

1. Be on time. 2. Never criticize a teammate. 3. Never use profanity.

The importance of repetition until automaticity cannot be overstated. Repetition is the key to learning.

If a player's not doing the things he should, put him on the bench. He'll come around.

I always tried to make clear that basketball is not the ultimate. It is of small importance in comparison to the total life we live. There is only one kind of life that truly wins, and that is the one that places faith in the hands of the Savior. Until that is done, we are on an aimless course that runs in circles and goes nowhere.