Decisions are more apt to be accepted when you've listened to suggestions first. I wanted them to see the reason behind what I asked of them, not to do things just because I said so.

There's as much crookedness as you want to find. There was something Abraham Lincoln said - he'd rather trust and be disappointed than distrust and be miserable all the time. Maybe I trusted too much.

I don't think I was a fine game coach I think I was a good practice coach.

Friendship is two-sided. It isn't a friend just because someone's doing something nice for you. That's a nice person. There's friendship when you do for each other. It's like marriage - it's two-sided.

Well, if you're true to yourself you're going to be true to everyone else.

The athlete who says that something can't be done should never interrupt the one who's doing it

If a player's not doing the things he should, put him on the bench. He'll come around.