The most important key to achieving great success is to decide upon your goal and launch, get started, take action, move.

If I were ever prosecuted for my religion, I truly hope there would be enough evidence to convict me.

You cannot antagonize and be a positive influence, and you will antagonize when you discipline through emotion.

Respect a man, and he will do all the more.

Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability.

One of my constant reminders was, "End practice on a happy note." I wanted the boys to want to come out to practice, and I wanted them to get a certain amount of pleasure out of basketball. It's a game. It should be fun. So I always tried to counterbalance any criticism in practice with a bit of praise. I wanted my players to feel that the worst punishment I could give them was to deny them the privilege of practicing. If they did not want to practice, I did not want them there.

It is impossible to attain proper physical condition without being sound both mentally and morally.