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I don't intend to retire.
Everybody hears, but few listen.
Offense is not equal opportunity
Competitive drills enhance quickness.
Practice structure determines success.
I'm not sure sports writing is an art.
It is better to anticipate than to react.
I don't think I have ever been out of control.
Perform drills that force your players to think
Good basketball always starts with good defense!
I don't believe in luck, I believe in preparation.
Mental toughness is to physical as four is to one.
Victory favors the team making the fewest mistakes.
My practices were not set up to be easy or enjoyed.
I would rather be thought of as a teacher than a coach.
Learn to do things right and then do them right every time.
I, fortunately, have never worried about irritating people.
Your biggest opponent isn't the other guy. It's human nature.
To me, the most enjoyable part is the practice and preparation
You play ball against yourself; your opponent is your potential.
Writing was far more of an art in the sports world than it is now.
Walking has been ridiculous in college basketball the past 15 years.
Everyone wants to win, but not everyone is willing to prepare to win.
Most people have the will to win, few have the will to prepare to win.
The thing that bothers me the most about the media is simple accuracy.
A great way to test the conditioning of your team is the two-mile run.
I'm a teacher. My mother was a teacher. I spent 40 years as a teacher.
I don't think my dad ever raised his voice to my mother or to me, ever.
Basketball is a full court game, so every drill must be done full court.
I'm an unemployed teacher right now and I'm looking for a place to teach.
For me to get an award from the press, I know there's been no favoritism.
You don't play against opponents, you play against the game of basketball.
The single most important aspect of coaching is running effective practices
A coach should never be afraid to ask questions of anyone he could learn from.
People change over the years, and that changes situations for good and for bad.
People change over the years, and that changes situations, for good and for bad.
Basketball may have been invented in Massachusetts, but it was made for Indiana.
If I were in charge I'd drug test all you sons of b****es, not just the athletes.
All of us learn to write in the second grade. Most of us go on to greater things.
The will to succeed is important, but what's more important is the will to prepare.
Everybody wants to be on a championship team, but nobody wants to come to practice.
As his team prepares, a coach's entire being must be concentrated on winning games.
We need a Donald Trump more than we've ever needed anybody since George Washington.
Don't fight the rabbits. If you fight the rabbits, the elephants are going to kill you.
Why talk now when so many things have been said without ever giving me a chance to talk?
If you're not careful, you can get a grossly over-inflated opinion about your popularity.
In order to achieve to achieve positive results, one must work for them, not hope for them
The red I wear is Indiana's red, not Moscow's red. Indiana was here long before communism.
I don't have to wait until the next morning to regret something I did that was kinda dumb.
I've never predicted anything. All I have ever said is, that we will do the very best we can.