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

The changes in your life aren't always what you hoped for. But they usually help you grow.

Am I a control freak? No. Do I believe in organization? You bet. In discipline? In being on time and making sure everything at the hotel is ready and right? Definitely. I don't control players. I try to control the environment around the players so they can flourish.

When a great team loses through complacency, it will constantly search for new and more intricate explanations to explain away defeat.

From nobody to upstart. From upstart to contender. From contender to winner. From winner to champion. From champion to Dynasty.

There's always the motivation of wanting to win. Everybody has that. But a champion needs, in his attitude, a motivation above and beyond winning.

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