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.

Sometimes in a defeat, you can set the stage for future victory. I wanted them to feel good about what they had accomplished. Not to like losing, but to like the success that they had.

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.

Parents can really help, but they can also really hinder the development of their youngsters.

Sometimes in a defeat, you can set the stage for future victory.

The worst thing we can do is put the (other) team in a one-and-one.

With accomplishments comes confidence and with confidence comes belief. It has to be in that order.