They said you have to use your five best players but I found you win with the five who fit together the best.

He has the players too happy.

You've got to avoid overcoaching. You've got to avoid talking too much. You've got to avoid showing players that you're the boss every time. You don't have to do that. They know you're in charge.

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

If you want to be a Champion, you've got to feel like one, you've got to act like one, you've got to look like one.

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

When players are used to winning, they put out a little more. Basketball 3rd winningest coach (regular season and playoffs) in NBA history; won 1,037 times in 20 years.