You don't win games as a coach during games. You win games as a coach before games. Players win during games, not coaches

I can't stand a ballplayer who plays in fear. Anybody who has a good shot has got to take it and keep taking it. So he misses...so what?

An acre of performance is worth a whole world of promise.

I don't believe in statistics. There are too many factors that can't be measured. You can't measure a ballplayer's heart.

Winners train, losers complain. Give me twelve players that want to win and they will find a way to win.

To be a successful coach you should be and look prepared. You must be a man of integrity. Never break your word. Don't have two sets of standards. Remember you don't handle players-you handle pets. You deal with players. Stand up for your players. Show them you care-on and off the court. Very important-it's not 'how' or 'what' you say but what they absorb.

Take pride in what you do. The kind of pride I'm talking about is not the arrogant puffed-up kind; it's just the whole idea of caring - fiercely caring