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.

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

An acrobatic dunk will make it onto Sports Center. A simple, unspectacular bounce pass in the rhythm of the offense will not. System basketball has been replaced by players who want to be the system.

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.

My accountant tells me I can't be a California resident anymore. I spend too much of my time in New York.

Not only is there more to life than basketball, there's a lot more to basketball than basketball.

If you give the future all your attention, the present will pass you by.