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The biggest day in the history of Kentucky's program.
But it is a black man's game, and it will be forever.
Confrontation simply means meeting the truth head-on.
Effective teamwork begins and ends with communication
Growth creates complexity, which requires simplicity.
Friendships, along with love, make life worth living.
Giving yourself permission to lose guarantees a loss.
The sterner the discipline, the greater the devotion.
Those who work the hardest are the last to surrender.
I'm a lot better coach when I have really good players
What you accept in victory, you must accept in defeat.
Coach now the way you want to coach 10 years from now.
Sometimes players just take a little while to develop.
The best player I ever played with was Dennis Johnson.
We sometimes need adversity to fathom our true depths.
Success is a project that's always under construction.
With attitude, you can determine your own performance.
The real value in everything you do is in the details.
If you meet the Buddha in the lane, feed him the ball.
Success is determined by your daily choices and habits
If you would find gold, you must search where gold is.
He who controlleth the backboard, controlleth the game.
I don't think any decent human being enjoys recruiting.
I would rather be thought of as a teacher than a coach.
Coach like the coach you want to be ten years from now.
Sometimes the best recruits are the ones you don't get.
The key to success is to do the next right thing right.
You build your program from the ideas of great coaches.
Study people who can teach you how to deal with people.
The best teams play for each other, not with each other
You don't have pressure on yourself to have to go nuts.
You cannot please everybody. You keep marching forward.
Michael Jordan is God disguised as a basketball player.
If fans are discouraged, find another team to root for.
Play and practice like you are trying to make the team.
Every season is a journey. Every journey is a lifetime.
When I was in sixth grade, I wanted to become a priest.
A champion needs a motivation above and beyond winning.
One of the things you don't usually mess with is happy.
Neither criticism nor praise should be highly regarded.
Defeat is worse than death because you live with defeat.
The two championship years were that significant for me.
Over coaching is the worst thing you can do to a player.
Motor cut. Forced landing. Hit cow. Cow died. Scared me.
Proper prior planning prevents pitiful poor performance.
Don't worry about being cool. Worry about being the best
If you laugh, you think, and you cry, that’s a full day.
I was an absolute maniac, a terrible husband and father.
One of the ways to use your depth is to play with speed.
I try to be an example and live as Christ-like as I can.