I believe this with all my heart: The greatest coach of all time in my eyes is my mom. She's instilled in me a toughness and a perseverance and just a never-quit mentality, and I thank her every day for providing me, for what she sacrificed her life for.

When you don't have much and you need to be at work, there's no such thing as being sick.

There are 30 great jobs in the NBA, and I've got one of them.

There's nothing that you can say in the paper that should affect you.

You can have great players, but if they dont want to be coached, what are you going to do?

I've never talked to our guys about being young. That's an easy crutch to fall on. You really just have to come in and build the spirit up of your team by working them everyday, showing them examples of what they've done and reinforce their work.

I was the youngest of seven kids and I would not have been able to go to college without an athletic scholarship.