Coaching is salesmanship. Coaching is winning players over and convincing them they have to play together. It takes a team conviction to play together to make things work.

Basketball is a sport that involves the subtle interweaving of players at full speed to the point where they are thinking and moving as one.

Approach the game with no preset agendas and you'll probably come away surprised at your overall efforts.

For us tall people, the whole key is that your hips and your knees should form a right angle when you sit down. That's where backs and hips get to be problems for big guys.

If you meet the Buddha in the lane, feed him the ball.

I think the most important thing about coaching is that you have to have a sense of confidence about what you're doing. You have to be a salesman and you have to get your players, particularly your leaders, to believe in what you're trying to accomplish on the basketball floor.

When the mind is allowed to relax, inspiration often follows.