I try to see each new season as a new challenge because I have a new team to work with, new opponents to encounter, and often new ideas and theories to try

You start developing a championship attitude by, first of all, telling kids that they are really good and that they have the potential to become better.

Good sound habits are more important than rules - use concepts.

Therefore, as a player, as a coach, even though we might have lost in a season or not won a championship, it was like a self-fulfilling prophecy that I'm going to win some time. I've never felt myself a loser.

During the season, your team should be led with exuberance and excitement. You should live the journey. You should live it right. You should live it together. You should live it shared. You should try to make one another better. You should get on one another if somebody's not doing their part. You should hug one another when they are. You should be disappointed in a loss and exhilarated in a win. It's all about the journey.

In developing teams, I don't believe in rules. I believe in standards. Rules don't promote teamwork, standards do

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.