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.

I've tried to handle winning well, so that maybe we'll win again, but I've also tried to handle failure well. If those serve as good examples for teachers and kids, then I hope that would be a contribution I have made to sport. Not just basketball, but to sport.

I believe work is good. There is dignity in work. I also believe that a hard-work ethic forges strong leaders.

Each group and each youngster is different. As a leader or coach, you get to know what they need.

Great rivalries don't have to be built on hatred. They're built on respect, on a respect for excellence.

A basketball team is like the five fingers on your hand. If you can get them all together, you have a fist. That's how I want you to play.

Whatever a leader does now sets up what he does later. And there's always a later.