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You aren't going to win championships unless you make layups and free throws.
You can't stay who you are... Things change and you have to be able to adapt.
The best decision-makers are always armed with the best information and data!
Roy Williams has been a great coach every game since the beginning at Kansas.
Your ability to communicate to your young people will determine your success.
And if you see me, smile and maybe give me a hug. That's important to me too.
You can be the seventh scorer or the first scorer, just be your best version.
All the teams you have have different personalities, and you kind of want it.
All my best players have been really good guys, which means I can coach them.
You don't want to get stuck playing 40 minutes a game with your small lineup.
It's a travesty for the games. It's cutting into the heart of this community.
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.
Even though we want huge individual egos, our collective ego is unbelievable.
If you get tough mentally, you can get tough physically and overcome fatigue.
I'm not a good loser. I get sick physically... I take it to heart. I hate it.
The only correct actions are those that demand no explanation and no apology.
Learning what not to do is sometimes more important than learning what to do.
I'm still waiting for perfection. In the meantime, I'll settle for persistence
A coach should never be afraid to ask questions of anyone he could learn from.
I guess I could be happy in anything where you feel like there's a scoreboard.
We just don't give in. If you can bend and not break, you always got a chance.
War is the only game in which it doesn't pay to have the home-court advantage.
Recognize and reward players who put the team first, not just the gifted ones.
It made the most sense for us to select Sam Bowie. It was almost a no-brainer.
The guys that make game winners are the guys that are not afraid to miss them.
Being a part of success is more important than being personally indispensable.
Value those colleagues who tell you the truth, not just what you want to hear.
If I'm going to coach the players, I want some say on who they're going to be.
People change over the years, and that changes situations for good and for bad.
I love the game of basketball. I don't know if I like it better than competing.
We want to be as routine-oriented as we can, but it's just not always feasible.
One of the great things about coaching is it's a different challenge every day.
Can your player make a curl cut and score in the lane? If so, he is the cutter.
There's nothing that can teach you about the playoffs besides going through it.
Zones are easier just to throw out there and you don't have to really teach it.
The measure of who we are is how we react to something that doesn't go our way.
If Kyle Korver blocks your shot there should be a penalty box you should go to!
I've always felt like a guy where the grass is greener on my side of the fence.
What enables us to achieve our greatness contains the seeds of our destruction.
You have to lose yourself in the team and you have to lose yourself in the game
I've always taken the approach that it's about the seed in the NCAA tournament.
I came to Indiana for one reason: I think you can win championships at Indiana.
It's been a journey, the NBA. It's taken me a lot farther than I ever expected.
We do not have it out there as a distant dream. This could actually be reality.
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.
When you leave it to chance, then all of a sudden you don't have any more luck.
Never be ready to play yesterday. Being ready to play today is what's important
The sign of a great player is how much he elevates his colleagues' performance.