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.

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?

He has the players too happy.

You handle animals. You deal with people.

Look after your people.

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

You can't win without the ball.