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

You can't defer if you're the person who's in the leadership position.

Pete Newell told me 'get as much information and learn as much about the game as you can, but use your own personality to teach it.'

First of all, what happens is, when you're good at something, you spend a lot of time with it. People identify you with that sport, so it becomes part of your identity.

I think coaching is confused at times as being an arrow that only goes to a player. Those players send arrows back to you, and that’s where a relationship is developed. I don’t make a player, and a player doesn’t make me a coach. We make each other.

Friendships, along with love, make life worth living.

Leaders show respect for people by giving them time.