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.

And I have been very blessed, having coached some of the greatest that have ever played the game. But if I had to start a team today, the greatest player and the one guy I would take would be Larry Bird.

It's not what you tell your players that counts. It's what they hear.

Basketball is like war in that offensive weapons are developed first, and it always takes a while for the defense to catch up.

Just do what you do best.

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

All records are made to be broken.