In putting together your standards, remember that it is essential to involve your entire team. Standards are not rules issued by the boss; they are a collective identity. Remember, standards are the things that you do all the time and the things for which you hold one another accountable.

Communication does not always occur naturally, even among a tight-knit group of individuals. Communication must be taught and practiced in order to bring everyone together as one

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.

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

Throughout the season, I look into my players eyes to gauge feelings, confidence levels, and to establish instant trust.

Basketball was not my main sport in grade school, or even the first year of high school.

The worst thing we can do is put the (other) team in a one-and-one.