The greatness of Michael Jordan is his competitive drive. The weakness of Michael Jordan is his competitive drive

Love is the force that ignites the spirit and binds teams together.

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.

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

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.

The road to freedom is a beautiful system

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