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.

Everybody wants to take responsibility when you win, but when you fail, all these fingers are pointing.

When I had troubles, I'd go out - with basketball, you can do it by yourself, too. So you'd go out and shoot, and you'd fantasize.

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

Why do you play a game? I play a game to see how good we can be.

Leadership is simple: Add value to people everyday.

I'm fortunate now that I coach at Duke University and we've won a lot. I have some kids who haven't failed that much. But when they get to college, they're going to fail some time. That's a thing that I can help them the most with.