My philosophy is that you can't motivate players with speeches, you have motivated players that you draft. That's where they come in and those are the guys that are competitive. You cannot teach competitiveness.

Love is the force that ignites the spirit and binds teams together.

My accountant tells me I can't be a California resident anymore. I spend too much of my time in New York.

The greatness of Michael Jordan is his competitive drive. The weakness of Michael Jordan is his competitive drive

My first act after being named head coach of the Bulls was to formulate a vision for the team. I had to take into account not only what I wanted to achieve, but how I was going to get there.

I expect a cigar.....not lit, hopefully

Coaching is about, "How do I get people to play at their peak level?" It is a spiritual quest. And if it's not that, you don't have a challenge, you don't have a mission. Forming a brotherhood and trying to move it forward - that's what coaching is.