I also wanted my basketball players to know that I really cared about them. Forget basketball; as a person, I cared, I cared about their family.
Never lie; never cheat; never steal. Don't whine; don't complain; don't make excuses.
Bad times can make you bitter or better.
If pursuing material things becomes your only goal, you will fail in so many ways. Besides, in time all material things go away.
Don't let the things you can't do get in the way of the things you can.
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.