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As a coach, you're just trying to figure out how to keep a team on edge. You've got to find that edge.
It's very difficult to overtly do it. But I try to live my life consistently as a man and as a father.
I love Joe Ingles. I think Joe Ingles is a tremendous glue player, terrific shooter, passer, defender.
I always tell the kids, You know what's great about going the extra mile? There's very little traffic.
A person really doesn't become whole, until he becomes a part of something that's bigger than himself.
The reason you get into coaching in the first place is to help and develop, try to make people better.
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.
The willingness to experiment with change may be the most essential ingredient to success at anything.
One of the biggest reasons I like coaching college ball is the kids. I feel I can impact players lives
I actually feel sorry for people who have nothing to do on Christmas Day other than watch an NBA game.
Don't call me son unless you're going to include me in your will. (When Adolph Rupp called him, "Son.")
When a guy takes off his coat, he's not going to fight. When a guy takes off his wristwatch, watch out!
The difference between a good defensive team and a bad defensive team is as little as three possessions
I think the game will always be dependent on the players that are at its most elite level at that time.
A lot of guys go through their whole careers and don't win a championship, but are still great coaches.
Basketball is a team game. But that doesn't mean all five players should have the same amount of shots.
Any old coach will say the game was meant for finesse. It's a beautiful game, especially on television.
Most of my learning and philosophy regarding coaching basketball was developed after great frustration.
Administrators are like pigs; don't wrestle with a pig because you both get dirty and the pig likes it.
I’m a running coach and I am going to continue to run, but I would hope that we are better defensively.
I'm a running coach and I am going to continue to run, but I would hope that we are better defensively.
When you're usually competing and contending, you're not relying on younger players to produce for you.
I have too many to count. Put it this way, I rival my wife with the amount of shoes she has in Jordans.
I don't hire good coaches, I hire good people. If they turn out to be good coaches, too, that's a plus.
D'Antoni can be successful playing slow or fast because he is a bright guy who has very creative ideas.
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 learned what my weaknesses were and I went out the next day to turn those weaknesses intro strengths.
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.
If a team cannot perform with excellence at a moment's notice, they probably will fail in the long run.
Our guys took Shop and Advanced Shop. Shop is when you make a chair. Advanced Shop is when you paint it.
We should not have to push you to work hard, you should work hard because you want to be a great player.
Well, I think it's pretty much established that I just didn't have any interest in coaching in the pros.
I'm not sure I've ever been around anybody that wanted to win more or worked harder than Michael Jordan.
All 15 guys on every team want to play all 48 minutes. It's just kind of the way that every season goes.
Bottom line, you're either a risk taker, or your not, and if you don't take risks, you'll never win big.
I think greatness is always good for the NBA. Great players, great teams - it's always good for the NBA.
During the scrimmage, Tarkanian paced the sideline with his hands in his pockets while biting his nails.
Great rivalries don't have to be built on hatred. They're built on respect, on a respect for excellence.
My ambition in high school was to be a high school coach and teacher, and that's still what I do: teach.
Winners train, losers complain. Give me twelve players that want to win and they will find a way to win.
You control what you do offensively, defensively. You're controlling who you play, how you want to play.
I was worried about losing until I looked down the floor and saw Dale Brown. Then I knew we had a chance.
The key is not the will to win... everybody has that. It is the will to prepare to win that is important.
In the NBA, it's wins and losses. You don't have to deal with some of the hypocrisy of college athletics.
Unless you plan to out-rebound and out-shoot everyone you play, then you better learn to handle the ball.
I have known Marbury since he was in seventh grade, and I have always felt he is a hell of an NBA player.
The facts are, when we played here, we were treated better in Greensboro than any other tournament venue.
No one would have ever thought College GameDay would be coming to the University of Houston, I know that.