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Humility is what makes teams great. I've preached it for a long period of time.
My children see me being coach enough. I gotta make sure they see me being dad.
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 you can do something and not blow your own horn, it sure sounds a lot better.
When things that normally work aren't working, you have to go to something else.
Timmy, he's the beginning of it. He doesn't have to be the end all the time now.
Detroit Pistons basketball slogan: When the going gets tough, we fire the coach.
The NBA has never drafted a player for defense. At any position, even at center.
If you want team play, you must stress defense. Defense makes players unselfish.
If you have talent with teamwork, you've got a chance to be a championship team.
There are only two options regarding commitment; you’re either in or you’re out.
Change equals self improvement. Push yourself to places you haven't been before.
Switch if you have to! It's not the mismatch that beats you, it's the open shot!
After every loss, you want to trade everybody. I've felt that way several times.
If they don't let me coach, they might as well take me to the Lexington cemetery.
Winning is overrated. The only time it is really important is in surgery and war.
Make your life exciting. Do what you have to do as long as you don't hurt people.
All of us learn to write in the second grade. Most of us go on to greater things.
If I were in charge I'd drug test all you sons of b****es, not just the athletes.
There is a point in every contest when sitting on the sidelines is not an option.
I know a lawyer who'd love to retire and be an assistant coach. I mean, it's fun.
Basketball is a pretty simple game. What wins is consistency and competitiveness.
The invention of basketball was not an accident. It was developed to meet a need.
I'd never switch to man-to-man unless we were able to play good man-to-man. Ever.
There are 86,400 seconds in a day. It's up to you to decide what to do with them.
Spend each day with some laughter and some thought, to get you're emotions going.
I'm a teacher, a motivator. That's what I do. And I'm a protector on top of that.
If I have the choice between experience and talent, I'm taking talent every time.
I have never intentionally provided false and misleading information to the NCAA.
It doesn't matter who scores the points, it's who can get the ball to the scorer.
You must have your player's heads and hearts before they will do anything for you
Emphasize small goals when you have a team that isn’t going to win a lot of games
The team that trusts-their leader and each other-is more likely to be successful.
Coaches who let a championship team back off from becoming a dynasty are cowards.
There is an old saying: a champion is someone who is willing to be uncomfortable.
Rebounding wins championships, you need to emphasize it and work with kids on it.
The best way to forget ones self is to look at the world with attention and love.
The coach should be the absolute boss, but he still should maintain an open mind.
Lying makes a problem part of the future; truth makes a problem part of the past.
Avoid cynical and negative people like the plague. They are killers of potential.
If I had one regret in life... it's that I was not more humble at an earlier age.
I applaud the professional athletes using their platform to voice their opinions.
Creative and action are synonymous. You can't be creative. Without taking action.
We may bend sometimes, but we don't break. There's a lot of character in that room
There is nothing more important than rebounding... don't just give it lip service.
Habits are critical for players. They cannot think and play well at the same time.
I have confidence in my manhood to be able to cry at a movie or at a wedding, too.
I say it time and time again: You have to do things with force and speed and pace.
Shooting percentage is just as much about decision making as it is about technique