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

Set higher standards for you own performance than anyone around you, and it won't matter whether you have a tough boss or an easy one. It won't matter whether the competition is pushing you hard, because you'll be competing with yourself.

Learning what not to do is sometimes more important than learning what to do.

Self-esteem is directly linked to deserving success. You must deserve victory to feel good about yourself.

Inferior guards play on the sidelines and great guards play in the middle. Isiah, Magic, Chris Paul, all get to the middle

I can say that hands down from being in this business 32 years; we're going to be much better than we were last year just because there's eight new players that now have experience and Palacios will be healthy.

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