Value those colleagues who tell you the truth, not just what you want to hear.

I want to keep coaching as long as I can. I love teaching and working with student athletes and I love being at the University of Tennessee.

Competition got me off the farm and trained me to seek out challenges and to endure setbacks; and in combination with my faith, it sustains me now in my fight with Alzheimer's disease.

You have to make shots. That's the bottom line.

You can't always be the most talented person in the room. But you can be the most competitive

It's harder to stay on top than it is to make the climb, Continue to seek new goals.

Sometimes you learn more from losing than winning. Losing forces you to reexamine.