...you can't play any defense if the other team is on the foul line.

A team is a fist-not five fingers.

If a team cannot perform with excellence at a moment's notice, they probably will fail in the long run.

Our goal is not to win. It's to play together and play hard. Then, winning takes care of itself.

I don't think you play for other people's expectations, you know. You don't go and become a lawyer because your mother or father want you to, you don't become a coach because somebody wants you to.

Talent is important. But the single most important ingredient after you get the talent is internal leadership. It's not the coaches as much as one single person or people on the team who set higher standards than that team would normally set for itself. I really believe that that's been ultimately important for us.

With me and basketball, it became part of me.