Great players and great teams want to be driven. They want to be pushed to the edge. They don't want to be cheated. Ordinary players and average teams want it to be easy

Giving yourself permission to lose guarantees a loss.

Coaches who let a championship team back off from becoming a dynasty are cowards.

Basketball is a game of conditioning and fatigue. That's why I believe in practicing a team to train when it's exhausted.

Shoulda, coulda, and woulda won't get it done. In attacking adversity, only a positive attitude, alertness, and regrouping to basics can launch a comeback.

There's no such thing as coulda, shoulda, or woulda. If you shoulda and coulda, you woulda done it.

There are only two options regarding commitment; you’re either in or you’re out.