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Make incremental progress, change comes not by the yard, but by the inch.
You don't play against opponents, you play against the game of basketball.
There's nothing like being involved with a team that can go that distance.
It was an honor to coach him. He should be proud of what he did this year.
You should never be proud of doing the right thing. You should just do it.
Only praise behavior that you want to be repeated. Never use false praise.
Good players want to be coached... Great players want to be told the truth
(Oklahoma Thunder center Kendrick) Perkins doesn't like other NBA players.
You better believe Goran Dragic is going to have a big impact on the ball.
My first year in Miami, I didn't even know it was sunny during the winter.
The older you get the more you try to appreciate what you've accomplished.
Each day, be sure to laugh, to think, to cry; that's one heckuva full day.
What type of teammates do you want to play with? Be that teammate yourself
If you improve 1% a day, then in 100 days, guess what? You're 100% better.
I think leadership is never singular. In a good organization, it's plural.
We travel in Duke stuff... They can have a hat, but it must be a Duke hat.
Those to whom defense is not important will have the best seat in the game
All love affairs end. Eventually the girl is gonna put curlers in her hair.
The single most important aspect of coaching is running effective practices
My experience at DePauw was about as beneficial as any experience I've had.
Never give up! Failure and rejection are only the first step to succeeding.
Blending the talents of your team members is crucial to basketball success.
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.
What's better? Dogs or broomsticks? I mean will the world really ever know?
Encourage members of your team to take the initiative and act on their own.
I haven't ever really had a goal to break that record or catch John Wooden.
A coach's job is to put his team where it can function effectively and win.
Writing a manual forces you to place your thoughts and ideas down on paper.
That's part of free agency. You can go where you want at the end of the day.
I'm only interested in being better than everyone else thought you could be.
I've had too lengthy a career and coached too many players to make a choice.
What to do with a mistake: recognize it, admit it, learn from it, forget it.
I'd never get elected if people in North Carolina realized how liberal I am.
You never realize the value of coaching until your children play for a coach
Ten minutes after you lose that last game, you start working on next season.
If you're only focusing on yourself, then you're not going to help the team.
Well-coached teams are never surprised; they can adapt to anything they see.
There's always been conflict, inherent conflict between players and coaches.
If my team won a national title and no one got drafted, I'd be disappointed.
I'm not the grand poobah. I'm not the emperor. That's not what I want to be.
Your success will be in direct proportion to how you spend your ‘free’ time.
I'm interested to see where a combination of faith and science will take me.
There was nothing ordinary about Hank Gathers. He was a walking thunderbolt.
I am more off-the-cuff and wear my emotions on my sleeve more than I should.
We try to stress the little things because little things lead to big things.
Sometimes it's forgotten that players are coming to college to get a degree.
When I'm losing, they call me nuts. When I'm winning, they call me eccentric.
I'm not a yeller. My theory is that no one goes out there trying to screw up.
Only run special plays for special players; find plays that fit your players.