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I learned a lot in the NBA.
I loved the NBA. I really did.
My dad has always been my role model.
I liked coaching in an underdog situation.
Indiana basketball is bigger than one person.
Washington State was a tough recruiting spot.
I always coached mostly the have-not schools.
It's a big deal to get to the NCAA Tournament.
It was never my intent to come back to college.
Sometimes players just take a little while to develop.
One of the ways to use your depth is to play with speed.
You're not a loser in anything until you quit. Don't quit.
What's an easier way to say 'bad?' Let's go with 'abysmal.'
Iowa State's a great team; I know how tough they are in Ames.
Sometimes Kellen calls me 'Coach.' Sometimes he calls me 'Pops.'
Coaching is what I love to do, and I think I'm pretty good at it.
I didn't want to end my coaching career as an assistant in the NBA.
Leaving Oklahoma for Illinois is not the no-brainer some think it is.
There were a lot of things that happened at Indiana that I was proud of.
When I was at Oklahoma, I didn't think it could get any bigger than that.
I learned to be more flexible offensively, to not talk as much in practice.
The University of Houston is a program that should have national relevance.
You don't want to get stuck playing 40 minutes a game with your small lineup.
I came to Indiana for one reason: I think you can win championships at Indiana.
I have never intentionally provided false and misleading information to the NCAA.
There's some things assistant coaches aren't ready to do. They're not the head coach.
Coaching is competitively addictive. It just gets in your blood, especially if you win.
My heading was NBA head coach. I didn't want to be back in college for a lot of reasons.
Nobody believed in us. Everybody made fun of Houston basketball. I can't say I blamed 'em.
I never thought the NCAA violations for the phone call would ever rise to the level it did.
You just have to be secure and understand what your beliefs are and how determined you are.
I've been taking off my tie for a lot of years. When I take it off, I usually throw it down.
All I wanted to do is coach in the NBA. I didn't want anything to do with college basketball.
If you are an Oklahoma football fan, you have one of the best football programs in the nation.
Brandon Rush is not just one of the best freshmen in the league, he's one of the best players.
K-State is a dangerous team. Those are the kind of teams you don't want to see in the tournament.
Being Native American, we were different than everybody else, but I never felt like I was different.
The reason you get into coaching in the first place is to help and develop, try to make people better.
I don't think I was a good enough coach to help an NBA team win a game when I first got to that league.
I've had teams where we've had to get on a bus for 200 miles, play a game, and then drive 200 miles back.
No one would have ever thought College GameDay would be coming to the University of Houston, I know that.
Our offensive philosophy is to simply find a way to get the ball into the hands of our team's best player.
In this business, a lot of coaches are running around thinking they're the reason their teams are winning.
Scott Skiles is one of the best coaches in the NBA, someone I observe and learn from on a day-to-day basis.
I didn't realize the difference between coaching college and coaching the NBA. It's a totally different animal.
Teams that just play on one side of the floor are going to struggle against defenses that load up on that side.
Getting to the NBA really helped me personally on a lot of levels. I liked it so much that I wanted to stay there.
I'm really proud of what we are building at the University of Houston, and hope I spend the rest of my career here.
We have the wrong people chasing Osama bin Laden. It ought to be athletic directors and reporters. They'll find you.
There are incredible decisions made in a 48-minute game with a 24-second shot clock and the last two minutes of a game.