You don't just be a team. You become a team. Through tough games you find that you need each other

If the only reason I coached was to win basketball games, my life would be pretty shallow

When I went to high school, an all-boys' school, a Catholic school, I tried out for football, and I didn't make it. It was the first time, athletically, that I was knocked down.

People want to be on a team. They want to be part of something bigger than themselves. They want to be in a situation where they feel that they are doing something for the greater good.

It takes courage not only to make decisions, but to live with those decisions afterward

In our program, the truth is the basis of all we do. There is nothing more important than the truth because there's nothing more powerful than the truth. Consequently, on our team, we always tell each other the truth. We must be honest with one another. There is no other way.

A leader is someone who puts their people in position to be successful all the time