Although I wanted my players to work to win, I tried to convince them they had always won when they had done their best.

It is most difficult, in my mind, to separate any success, whether it be in your profession, your family, or as in my case, in basketball, from religion.

Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability. Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation. Your character is what you really are while your reputation is merely what others think you are. Failure to prepare is preparing to fail.

Well, your greatest joy definitely comes from doing something for another, especially when it was done with no thought of something in return.

I believe correcting is the positive approach. I believe in the positive approach. Always have.

The person who is afraid to risk failure seldom has to face success. I expected my players to make mistakes, as long as they were mistakes of commission. A mistake of commission happens when you are doing what should be done but don't get the results you want.

Champions are brilliant at the basics.