Talent is not enough. It's an important component in a successful performance, but it's really only a starting point.

Chemistry is a contribution that teammates make to each other, but it's also something a coach can create or facilitate.

If you put good people around you, I guess you're smart. You learn from them and that makes you a better coach.

Talent is not enough. It's an important component in a successful performance, but it's really only a starting point.

You can't have assistant coaches who aren't loyal - but you can learn a lot from your assistant coaches.

I put myself around good people, including my assistant coaches. A lot of head coaches are intimidated by their assistant coaches, they'd rather get people that are far less talented than them because it's not threatening.

I don't blame the players, I don't blame the parents, I blame programs and I blame the coaches.