It doesn't matter where you coach, it matters why you coach.

I'm not a big car person. I'm not into lots of fancy things.

It's my personality naturally to try to fly under the radar.

League-wide, 99 percent of the rumors are just way off base.

Only once did someone talking about my appearance bother me.

It's so much harder to make the NBA than people think it is.

Each Olympics is different with their own great parts to it.

Generational poverty, most of us don't know what that means.

Players' attention spans get less and less as they progress.

Show the world how much you'll fight for the winners circle.

You can't have any quit in you if you want to be successful.

The ultimate goal of discipline is to teach self discipline.

Eric Buckner is the most athletic big man I've ever coached.

The best thing about freshmen is that they become sophomores.

Desire outweighs footwork when it comes to crashing the glass

Your biggest opponent isn't the other guy. It's human nature.

Defense involves three things: courage, energy, intelligence.

I don't condemn fans for getting excited about possibilities.

I try not to get impressed. I just try to look at what I see.

There are different psychologies that different coaches have.

We want every guy to graduate, and we work very hard on that.

What we do at LSU is to develop players and make them better.

Iowa State's a great team; I know how tough they are in Ames.

The best players will play. That's the way it will always be.

I think the greatest taboos in America are faith and failure.

I don't think we surprise people. We try to out-execute them.

Courage and confidence are what decision making is all about.

Confidence shared is better than confidence only in yourself.

Loyalty is not unilateral. You have to give it to receive it.

Individual success is a myth. No one succeeds all by herself.

I hate to sound this way but, 'Why me? Why me with dementia?'

When the mind is allowed to relax, inspiration often follows.

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

At Wisconsin, I wasn't working for people who believed in me.

Dean Meminger was quicker than 11:15 Mass at a seaside resort.

To me, the most enjoyable part is the practice and preparation

I think the NBA's amazing and I think our players are amazing.

What you specifically teach is what your players will do best.

Every coach should be recording games to watch...use your VCR.

My wife was big in a lot of work in Toronto with charity work.

I knew I could hang on in the NBA, but I wasn't going to play.

What do you do to help us win when you're not scoring baskets?

I believe the objective of coaching is winning with integrity.

Working hard is not always fun - that's why it is called work.

Believe me, it's always a lot harder on the guy getting fired.

We want men here, not just players. Players are a dime a dozen

The less determined and the less motivated weed themselves out.

We cannot accept in victory what we would not accept in defeat.

When the legs go, the heart and the head follow quickly behind.

If you have to 'try hard' to 'try hard, you are already beaten.

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