A basketball team is like the five fingers on your hand. If you can get them all together, you have a fist. That's how I want you to play.

Only the mediocre are always at their best. If your standards are low, it is easy to meet those standards every single day, every single year. But if your standard is to be the best, there will be days when you fall short of that goal. It is okay to not win every game. The only problem would be if you allow a loss or a failure to change your standards. Keep your standards intact, keep the bar set high, and continue to try your very best every day to meet those standards. If you do that, you can always be proud of the work that you do.

I think leadership is never singular. In a good organization, it's plural.

Don't do anything as an individual that will make you stand out from your teammates.

When you are speaking to your team after a game, never talk about the kid who was the star of the game. Talk about what your other players did to help the team win. Be sure to spread the wealth... Then have individual meetings with one to three players to praise and reinforce. Make sure you touch them.

I have a plan of action, but the game is a game of adjustments.

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