Push yourself to keep improving or you'll stay as close to the bottom as you are to the top

Never did I want to call the first time-out during a game. Never. I wanted UCLA to come out and run our opponents so hard that they would be forced to call the first time-out just to catch their breath. At that first time-out the opponents would know, and we would know that they knew, who was in better condition. This has a psychological impact.

Strive to accomplish the very best you are capable of. Nothing less than your best effort will suffice.

Make a decision! Failure to act is often the biggest failure of all.

You cannot antagonize and be a positive influence, and you will antagonize when you discipline through emotion.

Since the most important responsibility of a coach in regard to the actual playing of the game is to teach his players properly and effectively to execute the various fundamentals of the game, he is first of all a teacher.

Whether you know it or not, whether you like it or not, the habits you are developing now will be with you for the rest of your life.