Make your work your play and your play your work.

I think the most rewarding part of the job, and I think most coaches would say it, is practice. If you have it, a very good practice in which you have 12 guys participate, and they can really get something out of it, lose themselves in practice.

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.

If we can accept whatever hand we've been dealt - no matter how unwelcome - the way to proceed eventually becomes clear.

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

In basketball - as in life - true joy comes from being fully present in each and every moment, not just when things are going your way.

Leadership is not about forcing your will on others. It's about mastering the art of letting go.