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.'

A leader's responsibility to his team is paramount. It overshadows even his own personal feelings at any given time.

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

That's what I do now: I lead and I teach. If we win basketball games from doing that, then that's great, but I lead and teach. Those are the two things I concentrate on.

Once you win a National Championship, how do you do that again? How do you get the passion to do that again? We won it again right away, the next year. A lot of it had to do with the fact that I didn't give myself an opportunity to enjoy the first one.

Communication does not always occur naturally, even among a tight-knit group of individuals. Communication must be taught and practiced in order to bring everyone together as one

Imagination has a great deal to do with winning.