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.

I always won in my imagination. I always hit the game-winning shot, or I hit the free throw. Or if I missed, there was a lane violation, and I was given another one.

Fun is to experience things you would not have been able to experience in any other setting.

When I was in sixth grade, I wanted to become a priest.

Our goal is not to win. It's to play together and play hard. Then, winning takes care of itself.

When I was growing up, there weren't any Little Leagues in the city. Parents worked all the time. They didn't have time to take their kids out to play baseball and football.

Sometimes in a defeat, you can set the stage for future victory.