The real value in everything you do is in the details.

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.

It takes a number of critical factors to win an NBA championship, including the right mix of talent, creativity, intelligence, toughness, and of course, luck. But if a team doesn’t have the most essential ingredient - love - none of those other factors matter.

I will have Derek Fisher wear all 5 of his rings the first time he comes in to talk to Carmelo.

I played hockey in North Dakota growing up and watch a lot of that.

The road to freedom is a beautiful system

Winning is important to me, but what brings me real joy is the experience of being fully engaged in whatever I'm doing.