Everybody has an opportunity to play a role, a playmaking role, so it makes it harder to coach. It takes a little more time.

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

Like life, basketball is messy and unpredictable. It has its way with you, no matter how hard you try to control it. The trick is to experience each moment with a clear mind and open heart. When you do that, the game - and life - will take care of itself.

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.

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.

You can't force your will on people. If you want them to act differently, you need to inspire them to change themselves

My job as a coach was to make something meaningful out of one of the most mundane activities on the planet: playing pro basketball.