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.

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

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

I believe a big part of leadership is about winning the moment.

Leaders have to give time for relationships. But more demands will be placed on their time as they become more successful. So if a person's success is based on developing relationships, then they have to continually find new ways of getting it done

If the only reason I coached was to win basketball games, my life would be pretty shallow

It's always an honor to be ranked high, but whatever is said about you, you take it and then take a realistic look at yourself and who you are.