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I think leadership is never singular. In a good organization, it's plural.
Encourage members of your team to take the initiative and act on their own.
Even though we want huge individual egos, our collective ego is unbelievable.
Believe that the loose ball that you are chasing has your name wirtten on it.
Throughout my life, my mom has been the person that I've always looked up to.
Goals should be realistic, attainable, and shared among all members of the team
You can see and you can listen, but you have to have moments in which you feel.
If you have talent with teamwork, you've got a chance to be a championship team.
The team that trusts-their leader and each other-is more likely to be successful.
Whatever a leader does now sets up what he does later. And there's always a later.
A leader is someone who puts their people in position to be successful all the time
Don't do anything as an individual that will make you stand out from your teammates.
Champions play as they practice. Create a consistency of excellence in all your habits.
It takes courage not only to make decisions, but to live with those decisions afterward
Basketball was not my main sport in grade school, or even the first year of high school.
If the only reason I coached was to win basketball games, my life would be pretty shallow
Fun is to experience things you would not have been able to experience in any other setting.
Parents can really help, but they can also really hinder the development of their youngsters.
It’s simply doing what you’re supposed to do as well as you can when you’re supposed to do it.
The life expectancy of a team is about eight months. Then the next year, it's a whole new team.
Our goal is not to win. It's to play together and play hard. Then, winning takes care of itself.
I'm looking for players who make their teammates better. You do that with enthusiasm and passion.
Each group and each youngster is different. As a leader or coach, you get to know what they need.
You don't just be a team. You become a team. Through tough games you find that you need each other
With accomplishments comes confidence and with confidence comes belief. It has to be in that order.
To me, teamwork is the beauty of our sport, where you have five acting as one. You become selfless.
Courage gives a leader the ability to stand straight and not sway, no matter which way the wind blows.
Turning down the Lakers was tough, but it is always good to renew your vows to the loves of your life.
If a team cannot perform with excellence at a moment's notice, they probably will fail in the long run.
Everybody wants to take responsibility when you win, but when you fail, all these fingers are pointing.
I love practice. It is when a coach exercises the most control over the improvement of his or her team.
My ambition in high school was to be a high school coach and teacher, and that's still what I do: teach.
Great rivalries don't have to be built on hatred. They're built on respect, on a respect for excellence.
Leaders should be reliable without being predictable. They should be consistent without being anticipated
The person who has inspired me my whole life is my Mom, because she taught me commitment. She sacrificed.
When you first assemble a group, it's not a team right off the bat. It's only a collection of individuals
I don't look at myself as a basketball coach. I look at myself as a leader who happens to coach basketball.
Are you going to show integrity only when someone is watching you - or are you going to show it all the time?
A leader has to be positive about all things that happen to his team. Look at nothing in the past as failure.
I had a really bad temper, when I was growing up. Sport helped me channel that temper into more positive acts.
I believe work is good. There is dignity in work. I also believe that a hard-work ethic forges strong leaders.
Effort is fully replenishable. There is no need to save any of it. Leave every bit you have on the playing field
In developing teams, I don't believe in rules. I believe in standards. Rules don't promote teamwork, standards do
When you cleanse yourself of a big victory, you may open yourself up to the opportunity for an even bigger victory
Discipline is doing what you are supposed to do in the best possible manner at the time you are supposed to do it.
A leader's responsibility to his team is paramount. It overshadows even his own personal feelings at any given time.
Leaders have to search for the heart on a team, because the person who has it can bring out the best in everybody else.
My hunger is not for success, it is for excellence. Because when you attain excellence, success just naturally follows.
Throughout the season, I look into my players eyes to gauge feelings, confidence levels, and to establish instant trust.
You cannot merely expect culture to be a natural occurrence; it has to be taught and made a part of your everyday routine.