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 System basketball has been replaced by players who want to be the system.

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.

I'm a patient person. I think that's one thing that I feel comfortable I can deal with - the downfall and the errors, as long as I see progress and people trying.

I played hockey in North Dakota growing up and watch a lot of that.

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

The ideal way to win a championship is step by step.

The sign of a great player is how much he elevates his colleagues' performance.