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

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

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.

Loyalty is very important when things get a little tough, as they often do when the challenge is great. Loyalty is a powerful force in producing one's individual best and more so in producing a team's best.

The individual who is mistake-free is also probably sitting around doing nothing. And that is a very big mistake.

Losing is only temporary and not encompassing. You must simply study it, learn from it, and try hard not to lose the same way again. Then you must have the self-control to forget about it.

Without proper self-evaluation, failure is inevitable.