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.

The most important thing in coaching is communication. It's not what you say as much as what they absorb.

To a father, when a child dies, the future dies; to a child when a parent dies, the past dies.

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

Everyone is born with a certain potential. You may never achieve your full potential, but how close you come depends on how much you want to pay the price.

If they think we've got an edge, we've got an edge.

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