It's better to have a good player with the basketball in late game situations than to have plays.

Nothing meaningful or lasting comes without working hard at it.

Set higher standards for your own performance than anyone else around you, and your only competition will be with yourself

When love and discipline come together you have great chemistry.

If I didn't have a recruiting engagement, I was going to be here. I did everything possible to change the recruiting thing. I'm a very small part of this night, but I did want to be a part of it.

I learned quickly that motivating people would be the most important responsibility of my career.

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