It's not so important who starts the game but who finishes it.

The athlete who says that something can't be done should never interrupt the one who's doing it

In 1948, I began coaching basketball at UCLA. Each hour of practice we worked very hard. Each day we worked very hard. Each week we worked very hard. Each season we worked very hard. Four fourteen years we worked very hard and didn't win a national championship. However, a national championship was won in the fifteenth year. Another in the sixteenth. And eight more in the following ten years.

We can have no progress without change, whether it be basketball or anything else.

A good banker isn't careless with pennies; a good leader isn't sloppy about details.

Discipline yourself so others won't have to.

It is impossible to attain proper physical condition without being sound both mentally and morally.