Respect every opponent, but fear none.

Don't mistake activity with achievement.

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

Mix idealism with realism and add hard work. This will often bring much more than you could ever hope for.

Constantly be aware and observing. Always seek to improve yourself and the team.

While I made my living as a coach, I have lived my life to be a mentor-and to be mentored!-constantly.Everything in the world has been passed down. Every piece of knowledge is something that has been shared by someone else. If you understand it as I do, mentoring becomes your true legacy. It is the greatest inheritance you can give to others. It is why you get up every day-to teach and be taught.

What it comes down to, I believe, is that mentoring often involves telling people what they need to hear, rather than what they want to hear. When you are able to be humbly honest with someone about a situation with which you have personal experience-even if you risk angering or hurting that person-you are offering the most valuable gift of all.