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.

Losing does not make you a failure; it is when you blame someone for losing when you become a failure

The close games are usually lost, rather than won. What I mean by that is games are mostly won because of the opponent making mistakes during crucial moments.

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

It is important for us to see that our mentors are human and therefore fallible; it makes our own shortcomings more tenable.

When the legs go, the heart soon follows

It matters not the subject taught, nor all the books on all the shelves, What matters most, yes most of all, is what the teachers are themselves.