The best part of basketball, for those people on the inside, is the bus going to the airport after you've won a game on an opponent's floor. It's been a very tough battle. And preferably, in the playoffs. And that feeling that you have, together as a group, having gone to an opponent's floor and won a very good victory, is as about as high as you can get.

What moves me is watching young men bond together and tap into the magic that arises when they focus with their whole heart and soul on something greater than themselves. Once you've experienced that, it's something you never forget.

If you have a clear mind . . . you won't have to search for direction. Direction will come to you.

I gave it my body and mind, but I have kept my soul.

A coach's main job is to reawaken a spirit in which the players can blend together effortlessly.

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

Make your work your play and your play your work.