The more you lose, the more positive you have to become. When you're winning, you can ride players harder because their self-esteem is high. If you are losing and you try to be tough, you're asking for dissension.

I just don't deal with the negativity. I can't get involved in that side of it. I don't understand it, and you can't let it take away from your life and what you are trying to do.

If you are not willing to work hard and establish discipline in your life, then all your dreams are merely pipe dreams.

Coaches are bridge builders. It's our job to build a bridge for our athletes to cross over.

Make incremental progress, change comes not by the yard, but by the inch.

Avoid cynical and negative people like the plague. They are killers of potential.

Never let anyone out work you or out hustle you. Ever.