Goals should be realistic, attainable, and shared among all members of the team

When you first assemble a group, it's not a team right off the bat. It's only a collection of individuals

For a college basketball player or coach, to reach the Final Four is la-la land. You’ve achieved, you’ve got your stamp of approval. My first team to do that was in 1986. Then we did it in ’88, ’89 and ’90.

Every season is a journey. Every journey is a lifetime.

Effort is fully replenishable. There is no need to save any of it. Leave every bit you have on the playing field

Imagination has a great deal to do with winning.

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.