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.

When you improve a little each day, eventually big things occur. When you improve conditioning a little each day, eventually you have a big improvement in conditioning. Not tomorrow, not the next day, but eventually a big gain is made. Don't look for the big, quick improvement. Seek the small improvement one day at a time. That's the only way it happens - and when it happens, it lasts.

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

If we fail to adapt, we fail to move forward.

Adversity is the state in which man most easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then.

If we, as coaches, aren't teachers, we are nothing

There are no big things, only a logical accumulation of little things done at a very high standard of performance.