How you run the race - your planning, preparation, practice, and performance - counts for everything. Winning or losing is a by-product, and aftereffect, of that effort.

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.

Failure is not the crime. Low aim is.

I discovered early on that the player who learned the fundamentals of basketball is going to have a much better chance of succeeding and rising through the levels of competition than the player who was content to do things his own way. A player should be interested in learning why things are done a certain way. The reasons behind the teaching often go a long way to helping develop the skill.

Success may result in winning, but winning does not necessarily mean you are a success.

A player who makes a team great is better than a great player.

Being a role model is the most powerful form of educating...too often fathers neglect it because they get so caught up in making a living they forget to make a life.