Winning is important to me, but what brings me real joy is the experience of being fully engaged in whatever I'm doing.

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.

Leadership is not about forcing your will on others. It's about mastering the art of letting go.

My first act after being named head coach of the Bulls was to formulate a vision for the team. I had to take into account not only what I wanted to achieve, but how I was going to get there.

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

You're only a success for the moment that you complete a successful act.

There's a term, agape, you hear used a lot with charismatic religious groups, that it's this more pure love of caring, of sharing of concern and understanding. I think players and teams have to come to that at some point in the season to become successful. Maybe not "personal friends," but they become teammates at the highest level of that term.