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

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.

Strategy is something anyone can learn. But not all coaches take the time to understand a man's personality.

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 never had a set of rules. Every situation is different.

All records are made to be broken.

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.