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

That's what I do now: I lead and I teach. If we win basketball games from doing that, then that's great, but I lead and teach. Those are the two things I concentrate on.

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

Embrace the hell out of personal responsibility.

Defense is one man guarding the ball and four others helping him

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

My ambition in high school was to be a high school coach and teacher, and that's still what I do: teach.